Board of Longitude
Found in 388 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from William Cragg to the Board of Longitude, 1821-09-07
Requesting permission to use the observatory at Greenwich.
Letter from William Evans to the Board of Longitude, 1794-04-24
Written to amend mistakes in his previous calculations.
Letter from William Evans to the Board of Longitude, 1794-12-07
Mentioning that he had heard that the Board would only accept a timepiece technique for proving longitude.
Letter from William Evans to the Board of Longitude, 1794 - 1795
Describing a measuring instrument for longitude.
Letter from William Evans to the Board of Longitude, 1795-04
Enclosing tables on 'Perpetual-time and universal space', and requesting that they be published anonymously, as his new calendar required moving the day of the Sabbath.
Letter from William Forder to the Board of Longitude, 1810-06-02
Four letters from Forder, with three copies of related letters sent by representatives of the Board of Longitude. Also, a plan by Forder for his improvement of timepieces.
Letter from William Forder to [the Board of Longitude], 1810-06-01
Four letters from Forder, with three copies of related letters sent by representatives of the Board of Longitude. Also, a plan by Forder for his improvement of timepieces.
Letter from William Fuller to the Board of Longitude, 1784-03-06
Six letters and related handbills and advertisements.
Letter from William Fuller to the Board of Longitude, 1784-06-19
Includes handwritten copies of published advertisements.
Letter from William Fuller to the Board of Longitude, 1784-08-21
Six letters and related handbills and advertisements.
Letter from William Fuller to the Board of Longitude, 1785-01-29
Six letters and related handbills and advertisements.
Letter from William Hardy to the Board of Longitude, 1808
Regarding an award of £5 for his work and a proposed clock for the Royal Observatory.
Letter from William J. Titford to the Board of Longitude, 1819-06-29
Concerning a chart for finding longitude at sea.
Letter from William Lester to the Board of Longitude, 1821-01-09
In which Lester states that he had heard that the reward for finding longitude was twenty thousand pounds and asks to submit his solution before the Board.
Letter from William Lester to the Board of Longitude, 1821-01-12
Outlining his planned solar experiments for finding longitude, which involved igniting points on a globe of the earth with a lens. The Board have underlined his statement that if the Globe is correct and properly adjusted 'you will set fire to London'.
Letter from William Lester to the Board of Longitude, 1821-06-03
Stating that he had a forwarded a box containing proper instructions for the use of his Solometer.
Letter from William Parkes to the Board of Longitude, 1800-02-28
Outlining his method of finding longitude by observing the positions of four constellations: Aries, Libra, Cancer and Capricorn.
Letter from William Parr on a machine for ascertaining longitude, 1799-02-01
Letter from William Parr with a description of his dial or orrery for finding longitude, 1799
Includes a drawing.
Letter from William Probert to the Board of Longitude concerning a timepiece, 1821-02-19
Twenty letters, a plan and one report, sent by various correspondents.
Letter from William Reid to the Board of Longitude, 1813-03-04
With an index of names.
Letter from William Ross to the Board of Longitude, 1806-10-27
Outlining his method of finding longitude using the latitude and time at a specific place; sent from Philadelphia.
Letter from William Ross to the Board of Longitude, 1807-01-24
Ross states that he had travelled from Philadelphia to Great Britain with merely the coat on his back and no money in his pockets, as he had hoped that under a 'liberal' interpretation of the Act of Parliament he was entitled to remuneration for his proposal on longitude.
Letter from William Staples to the Board of Longitude, 1783-11-15
Two letters on ascertaining the longitude.
Letter from William Staples to the Board of Longitude, 1783-11-22
Two letters on ascertaining the longitude.
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