HMS Nancy, merchant brig (fl 1818-1819)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Note of observations of the true altitude of the star Regulus, 1819
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 623
Scope and Contents
The observations were taken between 28 January and 14 February 1819 from the merchant brig Nancy of London, which was on a voyage to the Canary Islands, with Benjamin Stacey as master. The note was made by the ship's charterer.
Dates:
1819
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Observations from Thomas Hedgcock, 1818 - 1819
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 306-309
Scope and Contents
From a voyage of the Brig Nancy, under Master Benjamin Stacey, sailing from Ramsgate to the Canary Islands between 1 December 1818 and 28 January 1819.
Dates:
1818 - 1819
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
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Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
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