Records, 1821-1968.

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Records, 1821-1968.

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Records reflecting the work of the Observatory when under the superintendence of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Society in the nineteenth century, its period as the Observatory Department of the National Physical Laboratory (1900-1913), and as the Central Observatory of the Meteorological Office from 1913. The records cover all aspects of the Observatory's work in meteorological observation and instrumentation, as well as more general correspondence and administrative files.

439 files and volumes.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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