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RGO Archives/RGO 7 contains:
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40 Alterations to the 26-inch telescope
41 Papers on the 28-inch refractor
42 Papers on the photographic spectroscope
43 Correspondence on astrographic equatorials
44 Papers on instruments
45 Papers on clocks and chronographs
46 Papers on astronomical instruments
47 Papers on magnetic instruments
48 Memoranda on meteorological instruments
49 Correspondence with the Director of Works
50 Correspondence with the Director of Works
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Papers of William Christie

Title Papers on clocks and chronographs
Reference RGO 7/45
(former reference: C6)
Covering Dates 1888–1911
Extent and Medium 1 volume
Content and context

Correspondence with T. Lewis and E. Dent and Co. concerning repairs to clocks and correspondence with W.H. Shepherd, 1888-1889.

Correspondence with Victor Kullberg concerning the tender for the supply of new electric dials and the repair of old ones, 1897-1899.

Correspondence with clockmakers, principally V. Kullberg and Dent and Co., concerning repairs to Royal Observatory clocks and chronometers, 1901-1911.

Internal memoranda on the subject of clocks, chronographs and chronometers, 1892-1909, including a list of clocks at the Royal Observatory and on loan on 22 June 1892.

List of Royal Observatory chronometers on 25 June 1894.

Correspondence with Troughton and Simms concerning chronographs, including an estimate for a new chronograph for the New Altazimuth Instrument, 1897.

Correspondence with T. Cooke and Sons and an estimate for a new chronograph for the New Altazimuth Instrument, 1898

Correspondence with Sir Howard Grubb and an estimate for a chronograph for the New Altazimuth Instrument, and correspondence with the Admiralty and approval of this estimate, 1897-1898.

Internal and external memoranda concerning chronographs, 1889-1906.

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Indexed

Index Terms
Time Measuring Instruments
Grubb, Sir Howard (1844-1931) Knight, scientist
Admiralty
Troughton and Simms
T Cooke and Sons
E Dent and Co
Victor Kullberg
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