RGO Archives/RGO 7 contains:
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257	Papers on time balls
258	Correspondence on longitudes and latitudes
259	Correspondence on longitudes and latitudes
260	Correspondence on longitudes and latitudes
261	Correspondence on longitudes and latitudes
262	Papers on longitudes and latitudes
263	Papers on chronometers
264	Newspaper cuttings
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266	Register of computers
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Papers of William Christie

Title	Papers on longitudes and latitudes
Reference	RGO 7/262 (former reference: Z8)
Covering Dates	1885–1931
Extent and Medium	1 bundle

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Papers regarding the determination of the 129th Meridian, 1918-1928, comprised mostly of correspondence from Australia.

Papers regarding the latitude variation of Dehra Dun, India, 1929-1931.

Papers regarding the debate on the unification of astronomical, nautical and civil days into a universal 24-hour day, 1885-1897. There is a newspaper cutting from the 'Shipping Gazette and Ll...' [Lloyds List] of 11 February 1897 and several other printed papers and booklets.

Correspondence concerning longitudes and latitudes, 1903-1915.

Papers on the re-determination of the Paris longitude, 1898-1905.

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