MANCHESTER ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

M298/1/1-2 MINUTES

1. British Astronomical Assoc. N.W. Branch

2. Manchester Astronomical Soc.

M298/2 ATTENDANCE REGISTERS AND LISTS OF MEMBERS

M298/3 HON. SECRETARY'S SCRAPBOOK

M298/4/1-6 SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS, GODLEE OBSERVATORY

1. Meteorological Eye Readings, Godlee Observatory, Municipal College of Technology, Manchester.

2-4 Observatory Log Books

5. Sun-Spot Ledger

6. Observatory Reports

M298/5/1-2 PUBLICATIONS

1. Journal

2. Post Tenebras Lux

M298/6 MISCELLANEOUS

75th Anniversary Celebrations

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• <corpname>Manchester Astronomical Society, 1903-, Lancashire</corpname>

The following papers were transferred to the Archives Department in April and November 1978, from the Society's Library, which had been deposited in the Manchester Central Library from 1935. The numbers in brackets are the old accession numbers given when the documents were first deposited in the Library.

Additional Records (M298/1/2/9 and M298/4/2/9) deposited in October 1995 by J.H.W. Davidson, Secretary.

A meeting of members of the British Astronomical Association living in the Manchester area was called by E. Walter Maunder, F.R.A.S., Editor of the Journal of the B.A.A., for 18 Jan. 1892 in Manchester and it was decided to form a local branch of the Association. In 1903 it broke away from the parent body and became a separate society, the Manchester Astronomical Society.