MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION

MS 063 – HOGG, A R (1903-1966)

Hogg was an assistant at the Mount Stromlo Observatory 1921-61 and Deputy Director 1961-66. His advice to B.J. Bok, then director of Mount Stromlo Observatory, on the selection of possible sites for a major telescope in Australia resulted in the choice of Siding Spring as the site for the Anglo-Australian 150-inch telescope.

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1. Typescript: The Determination of Small Quantities of Moisture in Gases – Carbide Method. Investigation by Hogg at Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australasia Ltd, 1926

2. Quantitative Data Relating to the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid by the Contact Process from Zinc Roaster Gases, compiled by Hogg. The Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd. Port Pirie, South Australia. Undated

3. Manuscript paper: Measurements of the Intensity of Cosmic Radiation. Undated

4. Manuscript papers: The Mesotron; The Nature of Cosmic Radiation. Working notes. Undated

5. Folder of typescript scientific papers:
   1. The Measurement of Wind Velocity. Royal Society of Australia, Section A, 1935 (2 copies)
      
   2. The Mean Life of Small Ions. Canberra Rotary, 1933 (2 copies)
      
   3. The Mean Life Period of the Small Ion of the Atmosphere. Undated
      
   4. The measurement of the Intensity of Cosmic Radiation. ANZAAS, Section A, 1935
      
   5. Some Theoretical Aspects of Evaporation. Royal Society of Australia, Section A, 1935

6. Newspaper cutting (1933) on symposium on Joseph Priestley, to which Hogg contributed

7. Folder of manuscript scientific papers:
   1. Interstellar Absorption. 1951
      
   2. Atmospheric Electricity. Undated
      
   3. Recent Advances in Atmospheric Electricity. Undated

8. Miscellaneous work notes

9. Study leave reports 1964 (3 reports)

10. Notes from Kottamia Observatory 1964

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