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This item was about the photograph of Thomas Royds. Thomas Royds (1923-1937) succeeded John Evershed as the Kodaikanal Observatory Director in 1923 and retired in 1937.

This fond contain newspaper clippings related to Bhaskar Dutta and Suri Bhagavantam

The Scientific Memories selection from the transactions of foreign and academics of science and learned societies is a collection taken from foreign journals and edited by Richard Taylor. The fifth volume was published in 1852

The Scientific Memories selection from the transactions of foreign and academics of science and learned societies is a collection taken from the foreign journals and edited by Richard Taylor. The fourth volume was published in 1846

The book was edited by ?Richard Taylor in 1841. It has 618 pages. The book contains various scientific topics and research findings. It is one of the volumes in a series of books published by Richard Taylor between ?1837 and ?1852. The series, titled "Scientific Memoirs," was a compilation of selected works from foreign academies of science and learned societies.

This fond contains items related to John Evershed and about his discoveries.

The album contains archival documents related to John Evershed, a brief biography, photographs, scientific discoveries in astrophysics, drawings, and sketches of observations from the Kodaikanal Solar Physics Observatory. The album starts with a crisp description of the life of John Eveshed. The photographs in the album are based on the following themes: the mechanical workshop and the spectroheliograph, the plaque installed in 1975 in Kodaikanal to commemorate the discovery of the Evershed effect, observatory buildings, and Evershed with the Kodaikanal Observatory staff. In addition, a detailed description related to the Evershed effect is reproduced from bulletin No. XV(1909) of Kodaikanal Observatory, a photo of Halley's comet and a picture of the moon hand-drawn by Evershed, spectra of nova aquilae in 1918, pencil sketches by Evershed on the solar prominences are preserved in this album. Each item is provided with captions.

The album contains photographs related to the professional and personal life of John Evershed, particularly in India, Australia, and England, from 1909 to 1953. The album shows different events such as John Evershed using a spectroheliograph at Kodaikanal, camp life in India, Evershed with his wife at Kashmir, a group photo including Evershed, Thomas Royds, and the Kodaikanal Observatory staff, the visit of Evershed for his research at Srinagar, Kashmir, and Wallal, a photo of Evershed and his signature. At the album's end, the photo of his old age at Highbroom and Heath cottage with his pet dog- Brock, has also been archived.

The album contains photos of Sir Arnold Wolfendale and his wife Audrey Darby during the visit to IIA Bangalore in 1993 for the event of the 1993 solar eclipse. The album includes photographs of the talk by eminent personalities from the field of astronomy in the library meeting hall and participants and of the observation site.