The letter informs about the visit of Mr. Seshachar to the Kodaikanal Observatory during January and February of 1921. The Director General of Observatories asked Thomas Royds to make proper arrangements for the visitor. The visit of Evreshed to Lahore for the adjustment of specific astronomical instruments in the Observatory has also been mentioned.
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This letter was regard to the question of treating the appointment of the mechanic at Kodaikanal Observatory as superior the Comptroller, India Treasuries. Further he mentioned that the man is a skilled instument maker and not an ordinary mechanic, hence Government of India to treat this as a special case.
Smith, Charles MichieThis is a letter from the director general of observatories culcutta to John Evershed, Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories informing that the thermograph clock currently used stops working very frequently though it was repaired last year. It also requests for a new thermograph clock to be sent at the earliest.
Evershed, JohnIn this letter, the Deputy Traffic Manager mentioned that Thomas Royds can send the telescope by wagon by unbroken gauge route if he wishes, with proper packing. And also asked to advice the District Traffic Superintendent to make necessary arrangements to send the wagon through over the South Indian railway.
Royds, ThomasThis letter is from the Deputy Director to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories requesting permission to have a new instrument according to estimate. And the two estimates are also countersigned from the Assistant Superintendent of Telegraphs, Madras Subdivision.
Kodaikanal Solar ObservatoryThis letter is from Deputy Director Madras Observatory to the Director Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories submitting papers related to the bench mark erected by the survey of India in the compound of the observatory.
Kodaikanal and Madras ObservatoriesThis letter is from the Deputy Director of the Madras Observatory to the Director General of Telegraphs regarding the daily signalling of the time needs correction and to indicate for all telegraphists to signal at the time as sixteen and for all the officers to note the exact time and adjust their clocks accordingly.
Madras ObservatoryThis letter is from the Deputy Director of Madras Observatory to the Superintendent of Telegraphs, who said that he cannot alter time signals without the sanction of the Director.
Madras ObservatoryThis letter is from the Deputy Director of Madras Observatory to the Director regarding the distribution of the time signals observed by Mr Newlands.
Smith, Charles MichieLetter from the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company to the Director General of Stores regarding a Solar Calorimeter which Dr. Buchanan of Christ's College, Cambridge for some experiments
Whipple, Roberts S.