This 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.
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This 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 MichieThis letter is from T. D. Berrington, Director General of Telegraphs, to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, Kodaikanal, regarding the inconvenience for the Alipore Observatory operating without regular time signals at 16 hours on Sunday and not object to discontinuing the service elsewhere.
Smith, Charles MichieThis letter is from T. D. Berrington to the Director regarding the change in the duration of the time signal from 3 to 2 minutes.
Smith, Charles MichieThis is a letter from S. R. U. Savoor Deputy Director Madras Observatory to the Director General of Observatories Simla informing that there is no connection in practice between humidity of air and rate of Riefler clock as indicated by graphs.
Savoor, S. R. U.This letter is from R. J. Pocock, Esq., Nizamiah Observatory, Hyderabad Deccan, to the address of Dr G. T. Walker, Director-General of Observatories, Simla, regarding the loan of one or two Chronometers From any of the Indian Observatories That have any to spare.
Pocock, R. J.The letter is from John Evershed to Gilbert T. Walker regarding the rates of the Reifler clock. It states that the Reifler clock in Calcutta runs better than that in Madras.
Evershed, JohnThis letter is from John Evershed to G. C. Simpson, Director General of Observatories, in reply to D.O. No. 6347 about the visibility of eclipses from India and Mesopotamia in 1920. It was mentioned about the difference between Indian Standard time and Mesopotamian times of the eclipses.
Evershed, JohnThis letter is from Gilbert T. Walker, Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director General of Indian Observatories, to the Director, inquiring whether any notice has been received from Washington regarding a unique series of midnight telegraphic signals to be sent out by the U.S. Naval Observatory on May 3 1905.
Walker, Gilbert T.This is a letter from Gilbert T. Walker, Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director General of Indian Observatories, to the Director of the Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal, regarding adopting standard time. An official order has yet to be received, so kindly arrange with the Superintendent of the Madras Telegraph Office to send the time signal at 16:00 hours, new standard time, after July 1.
Smith, Charles Michie