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RGO Archives/RGO 10 contains:
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633 Reports to the Board of Visitors
634 Papers of G.M. Sisson
635 Star charts
636 Miscellaneous papers
637 Miscellaneous papers
638 Papers on the I.N.T.
639 Lists of I.N.T. Board members
640 I.N.T. committee reports
641 Report on I.N.T. Board meetings
642 Papers for the I.N.T. Committee
643 Minutes of I.N.T. Board meetings
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Papers of Sir Richard Woolley

Title Papers on the I.N.T.
Reference RGO 10/638
Covering Dates 1948–1962
Extent and Medium 1 bundle
Content and context

Miscellaneous papers regarding the Isaac Newton Telescope, including a report by R.O. Redman on angular resolution and telescope speed; a memorandum on unvignetted fields; a note on automatic following telescopes; a report on arguments in favour of a wide-angle 100-inch telescope; a report on observing programmes for a 100-inch reflector; a report on the choice of thickness for the 100-inch mirror; an interim report for the overall design report; a paper by R. Atkinson on a Combination Paraboloid-Schmidt Reflector; a report by C.R. Burch on a proposed 2-Sphere 1-Plate Aplanat 100-inch telescope; a comparative study of some optical systems suggested for the Isaac Newton Telescope by E.H. Linfoot; a report on field correctors for parabolic mirrors; a memorandum on the mechanical design of the Isaac Newton Telescope; and various Board of Management papers.

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Redman, Roderick Oliver (1905-1975) physicist
Atkinson, Robert d'Escourt (1898-1982) astronomer, physicist and inventor
Linfoot, Edward Hubert (1905-1982) astronomer
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