Retained by family Book of draft letters by George Charles Grover, which mainly relate to the Scholastic Photographic Company.
Maps show location of Jimbour north of Dalby, around 110 miles west of Queensland, Australia; cutting, from The Brisbane Courier of 9 December 1882, bears article about the transit of Venus. These items were acquired, after 1882, presumably by Grover�s descendants; the copy maps are probably not from contemporary maps. Photocopies of parts of maps (2) and press cutting
Manuscript volume of around 250 pages, most bearing illustrations, some coloured. Front cover bears label �Drawings of the Sun, Moon and Planets Observed by Charles Grover, Chesham, Bucks. Volume 2. The Scenery of the Heavens. A Familiar Introduction to Astronomy by Charles Grover. Chesham. 1862.
Manuscript notebook, compiled after Grover's return to England. He had spent seven weeks at Jimbour, Queensland, �engaged on the telescopic survey of the Southern Hemisphere�. 11 pages used. With transcription (4 pages. typescript.) Notes of Australian Life by C Grover.
Manuscript volume. 55 leaves used. Volume includes a number of illustrations; several press cuttings are stuck in. 50 Years an Astronomical Observer. A few recollections of half a century's work, by Charles Grover. Rousdon Observatory, Lyme Regis.
2 pages, manuscript, on 1 leaf Report of the Meteor Shower on the night of Tuesday November 13th 1866. Observations at Chesham by C Grover
2 pages on 1 leaf Manuscript notes 1867 July 9 8.30PM. Observations of astronomical areas... by C Grover. Telescope 3 foot Achromatic aperture 2 inch power / W R Birt.
Concerns his (George�s) recent observation of Titan near Saturn, and on his achromatic eyepiece and an atlas he (Charles) is sending. 3 pages on 1 leaf Holograph letter Rousdon Observatory, Lyme Regis to George Grover, son & Polly / Charles & E Grover
Includes around 30 topographical sketches made by Grover, assistant to Sir Cuthbert Peek during Peek's Transit of Venus expedition to Australia in 1882, returning in 1883. Manuscript sketch book of Charles Grover.
