| RGO Archives/RGO 37 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 437 |
Correspondence with Pope and Ford |
| 438 |
Letter from S.C.B. Gascoigne |
| 439 |
Correspondence with C.G. Wynne |
| 440 |
Correspondence with M.H. Jeffery |
| 441 |
Letter from S.C.B. Gascoigne |
| 442 |
Correspondence of R.L. Ford |
| 443 |
Correspondence with M.H. Jeffery |
| 444 |
Correspondence on Gascoigne's memorandum |
| 445 |
Correspondence on the primary mirror blank |
| 446 |
Letter on design issues |
| 447 |
Correspondence with the Itek Corporation |
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Papers of Roderick Redman
| Title |
Correspondence of R.L. Ford |
| Reference |
RGO 37/442 |
| Covering Dates |
11 Mar. 1968–8 Apr. 1969 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 folder |
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| Content and context |
Correspondence of R.L. Ford with Redman, V.C. Reddish, M.H. Jeffery, A.N. Argue and H.C. Minnett regarding automatic guiding, drive and control systems. There are references to Ford's visit to the University of Hawaii; the comments of D.W. Dewhirst's on Ford's report; the effect of atmospheric refraction on telescope guidings; the effect of optical distortions on the accuracy of offsetting when using an autoguider; field rotation; possible firms to be engaged for a design study; the speed for guiding; Ford's 'A Note on the Drive System' for the Anglo-Australian Telescope; friction drive and encoder errors; design studies for the drive system; maintenance; and figures showing traces for turbine gears. The correspondence includes a handwritten letter from A.N. Argue regarding the issue of guide stars, on which Ford and Redman do not agree. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Reddish, Vincent Cartledge (b 1926) astronomer |
| Jeffery, Michael (d 1969) engineer |
| Minnett, Harry Clive (1917-2003) radiophysicist |
| No further on-line information. |
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