RGO Archives/RGO 59 contains:
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58	Equipment for transit stations
59	Observations of stars
60	Correspondence on the Transit of Venus Expedition
61	Papers for the 1874 Transit of Venus
62	Papers of the Transit of Venus Expedition
63	Papers on the longitude of Mokattam
64	Papers on the longitude of Mokattam
65	Transit of Venus observations at Roorkee
66	Station E Journal
67	Journal of Henry Barnacle
68	Photographers' Journal
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Papers of George Lyon Tupman

Title	Papers on the longitude of Mokattam
Reference	RGO 59/63
Covering Dates	1868–1875
Extent and Medium	2 envelopes

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Papers regarding the longitude of Captain Browne's observing station on the Mokattam Heights, Cairo.

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Cairo

RGO Archives/RGO 59/63 contains:

Determination of Mokattam's longitude. An approximate determination of the longitude of Captain Browne's station.
1 bundle.

1874

Correspondence on telegraphic operations. Correspondence on the telegraphic operations from Greenwich to Mokattam, including letters on the preliminary experiments.
1 bundle.

1868–1875

Account of Browne's longitude determinations. An historical account of the longitude determinations by Captain Ord Browne. The document ends abruptly, and may be incomplete.
1 bundle.

circa 1874

Work on Mokattam's longitude. 'Longitude of Mokattam. Work done at Greenwich from which the Personal Equations of Browne and Hunter referred to Criswick were obtained.'.
1 bundle.

1874–1875

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