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Letter from Capt. William Noble giving instructions for an experiment. (Manuscript)
12-03-1876
AGC/52/1
Letter about the views of learning and people watching with reference to English Mechanics. (Manuscript)
1878-02-06
AGC/52/3
Letter from Capt. William Noble with an open invitation to Ernest Wiltshire. (Manuscript)
1878-02-20
AGC/52/4
Letter from Capt. William Noble includes a clip of advertisement for The Amateur Mechanics Practical Handbook by Arthur H.G. Hobson. (Manuscript)
1878-10-18
AGC/52/8
Letter of thanks for the birthday gift and discusses local crime. (Manuscript)
1878-11-27
AGC/52/9
Captain William Noble wishes Ernest a happy 21st birthday. (Manuscript)
1878-12-06
AGC/52/10
Letter noting how Captain Noble believes a Mr Wheelin got elected in Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. (Manuscript)
1878-04-16
AGC/52/13
Captain William mentioned Sir George Airy attended a Royal Astronomical Society Council meeting. (Manuscript)
1879-02-19
AGC/52/14
Captain William Noble thanks Ernest for the birthday present the Ernest sent in a box also mentions a substantial contribution to a new spectroscope with drawings. (Manuscript)
1879-11-28
AGC/52/17
Letter from Capt. William Noble on local vote and the idea of women's vote. (Manuscript)
1880-03-29
AGC/52/19
Captain William Noble thanks Ernest for the books he sent. (Manuscript)
1880-11-27
AGC/52/24
Captain William Noble looking forward to a holiday. (Manuscript)
1881-03-14
AGC/52/27
Letter from Capt. William Noble to Ernest Wiltshire. (Manuscript)
1880
AGC/52/30
Captain William Noble observation of Comet C. having a second tail. (Manuscript)
1881-12-31
AGC/52/33
Captain William Noble mentions a pamphlet "Every man his own mechanic". (Manuscript)
1882-02-25
AGC/52/34
Captain William Noble writes about how busy he has been of late and asks Ernest whether he has seen the comet yet. (Manuscript)
1882-03-30
AGC/52/35
Captain William Noble asks Ernest to pick up a book called "Students Elements of geology" by Charles Lyell. (Manuscript)
1882-04-18
AGC/52/36
Captain William Noble recieves an invitation from the Admiralty for the Official Visitation of Greenwich Observatory. (Manuscript)
1882-05-22
AGC/52/37
Letter containing newspaper clippings about Exeter Hall. (Manuscript)
1882-09-28
AGC/52/38
A quick letter to Ernest on his birthday. (Manuscript)
1882-12-06
AGC/52/39
Letter that accompanied the book Elements of Mechanism. (Manuscript)
1878-07-05
AGC/52/6
Captain William Noble has accepted the secretaryship of the Society for Opposing the future Endowment of Scientific Research. (Manuscript)
1880-02-08
AGC/52/26
Captain William Noble wishes all a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 1879. (Manuscript)
1878-12-31
AGC/52/11
Captain William Noble received no valentine cards. (Manuscript)
1879-02-19
AGC/52/12
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