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RGO Archives/RGO 7 contains:
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250 Papers on the Cambridge University Association
251 Miscellaneous correspondence
252 Correspondence on clocks
253 Correspondence regarding time signals
254 Correspondence on time signals
255 Correspondence on the Deal Time Ball
256 Papers on time balls, signals and clocks
257 Papers on time balls
258 Correspondence on longitudes and latitudes
259 Correspondence on longitudes and latitudes
260 Correspondence on longitudes and latitudes
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Papers of William Christie

Title Correspondence on the Deal Time Ball
Reference RGO 7/255
(former reference: Z6)
Covering Dates 1877–1913
Extent and Medium 1 bundle
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Report from G. Criswick regarding his visit to Deal to examine the apparatus of the time ball, 1877.

Report from G. Criswick regarding his visit to Deal to examine the apparatus of the time ball, 1881.

Letters concerning the sanitary alterations made at the Deal Time Ball tower, 1879.

Letters regarding the widening of the roadway running past the Deal Time Ball tower, 1880.

Correspondence with C.V. Walker regarding the failure of time signals, 1877-1881.

Letters concerning the resignation of Mr Newby (junior) and the appointment of Mr Hayward as the Deal Time Ball assistant, 1881.

Letters concerning the position of the Deal Time Ball tower for a 'Pilot's hand book for the English Channel', 1882.

Correspondence regarding repairs to the Deal Time Ball tower, 1881-1882.

Correspondence with the General Post Office regarding the transfer of arrangements for dropping the Deal Time Ball, 1883-1884.

General correspondence concerning the Deal Time Ball, mainly regarding minor repairs, 1887-1890.

Letters concerning the repair of the Deal Time Ball tower roof, 1889.

General correspondence concerning the Deal Time Ball, mainly regarding minor repairs, 1890-1892.

Seven newspaper cuttings regarding Deal Pier and Pavilion, 1913.

Report by W. Bowyer on the Deal Time Ball apparatus and correspondence with the Work's Department regarding this, 1912.

General correspondence concerning the Deal Time Ball, mainly regarding minor repairs, 1892-1901.

Survey conducted by W. Bowyer of the apparatus and moveable property used for the Deal Time Ball, 1898.

Correspondence with J.G. Hayward on matters concerning the Deal Time Ball, 1896-1904.

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Indexed

Index Terms
Deal
Time
Walker, Charles Vincent (1812-1882) electrical engineer
Post Office
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