Board of Longitude
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Found in 341 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from John George Hartley to the Board of Longitude, 1821-09-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 384-385
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters from Hartley, with two related letters from John Barrow and [Henry Kater].
Dates:
1821-09-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from John Hamilton to the Board of Longitude, 1783-10-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 505-506
Scope and Contents
Concerning his claim to have found longitude by the use of two instruments and without the need for calculations.
Dates:
1783-10-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from John Henry Harris to the Board of Longitude, 1814-01-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 557-557a
Scope and Contents
Stating that he had made 'a valuable discovery of the longitude'.
Dates:
1814-01-22
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from John Henry Harris to the Board of Longitude, 1810-12-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 556
Scope and Contents
Stating his wish to claim the reward for longitude.
Dates:
1810-12-29
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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Letter from John Hosier to the Board of Longitude, 1809
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 83-83a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
With an index of names.
Dates:
1809
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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Letter from John Lowe to the Board of Longitude, 1791-04-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 187-188
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters.
Dates:
1791-04-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from John Lowe to the Board of Longitude, 1791-04-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 189-190
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters.
Dates:
1791-04-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from John Malone to the Board of Longitude, 1815-10-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 571-572
Scope and Contents
Concerning his 'discovery of the rotundity of the earth' as a key to longitude and requesting an advance of £1,000.
Dates:
1815-10-17
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from John McGhie to the Board of Longitude, 1813-10-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 270
Scope and Contents
Enclosing the plan for finding longitude at [RGO 14/38: 271-274].
Dates:
1813-10-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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 and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
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John McGhie's instrument for finding the longitude by the passing of the sun over the meridian
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Letter from John Murray to the Board of Longitude, 1822-07-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 113-113a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
With an index of names.
Dates:
1822-07-30
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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Letter from John Pond to [the Board of Longitude], 1811-06-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 47
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing a letter from Captain Flinders.
Dates:
1811-06-10
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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Letter from John Roger Arnold concerning damage done to chronometer No. 176, 1805-07-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 122-123
Scope and Contents
The chronometer was to be brought on a voyage under Captain Bligh.
Dates:
1805-07-11
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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Letter from John Roger Arnold to the Board of Longitude, 1805-12-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 48-49
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1805-12-12
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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Letter from John Roger Arnold to the Board of Longitude, 1809-03-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 106
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1809-03-02
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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Letter from John Shaw to the Board of Longitude, 1827-08-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 437-438
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Two letters.
Dates:
1827-08-17
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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Letter from John Tyson to the Board of Longitude, 1814-07-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 193-194
Scope and Contents
Stating that he had invented a method to ascertain longitude and to measure a ship's way at sea.
For further letters from Tyson, see also [RGO 14/40: 528-529].
Dates:
1814-07-05
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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Letter from John Tyson to the Board of Longitude, 1793-06-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 528
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters concerning Tyson's proposed invention of a timepiece for determining longitude.
Dates:
1793-06-07
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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Letter from John Tyson to the Board of Longitude, 1816-03-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 529
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters concerning Tyson's proposed invention of a timepiece for determining longitude.
Dates:
1816-03-05
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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Letter from John Vancouver to the Commissioners of the Board of Longitude, 1823-09-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 472-473
Scope and Contents
Concerning a mode by which chronometers could be kept at a stable temperature.
Dates:
1823-09-02
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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Letter from José Casamayor, 1825-06-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 353-355
Scope and Contents
Requesting a reward for discovering a means of finding longitude.
Dates:
1825-06-21
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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Letter from José de Mendoza y Ríos concerning rules for computing latitude by two altitudes of the sun, 1796-12-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 11-13
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding methods for establishing latitude.
Dates:
1796-12-02
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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Letter from José Victorino dos Santos e Souza Mattos, 1827-09-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 149-150
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Letter and proposal.
Dates:
1827-09-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from José Victorino dos Santos e Souza Mattos, 1827-07-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 370-371
Scope and Contents
Informing the Board of Longitude that he had sent a printed copy (in Portuguese) of his 'theory of the universe founded on the fluctuation of the satellites and the anti-gravitation of the sun'. He also mentions that as a Portuguese national he had studied astronomy in Europe, and laments the difficulty of pursuing it in Brazil.
Dates:
1827-07-04
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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Letter from José Victorino dos Santos e Souza Mattos, 1827-08-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 372-372a
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing further sections of his work for the consideration of the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1827-08-18
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from José Victorino dos Santos e Souza Mattos to the Board of Longitude, 1828-06-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 105-105a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
With an index of names.
Dates:
1828-06-05
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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