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Arnold & Dent, watch and chronometer makers

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Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter setting out case for Arnold and Dent to be awarded a prize in the chronometer trial, 1835-02-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 236-237
Scope and Contents

Sent from Arnold & Dent to John Pond.

Dates: 1835-02-03
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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List of chronometers held by Arnold and Dent, 1835-01-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 235
Scope and Contents

Sent from Arnold and Dent to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1835-01-23
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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List of chronometers held by Arnold and Dent belonging to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1833-12-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 224
Scope and Contents From the File:

Letters and declarations to Pond from chronometer makers, including Robert Molyneux, Parkinson & Frodsham, Thomas Earnshaw and E.J. Dent. The volume also includes five undated lists of makers' estimates for repair from Arnold and Arnold & Dent.

Dates: 1833-12-19
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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Manuscript declaration signed by chronometer makers and listing the distinguishing numbers of their chronometers, 1835-02-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 246
Scope and Contents

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty required each depositor to sign a declaration asserting that they were the maker of the chronometer(s) deposited at the Royal Observatory.

Dates: 1835-02-25
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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Printed declaration signed by chronometer makers and listing the distinguishing numbers of their chronometers, 1833-12-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 225-226a
Scope and Contents

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty required each depositor to sign a declaration asserting that they were the maker of the chronometer(s) deposited at the Royal Observatory.

Dates: 1833-12-19
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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Printed letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Sapphire under Captain F.R. Rowley, 1835-05-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 304
Scope and Contents

Sent by Francis Beaufort to John Pond.

Dates: 1835-05-23
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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Printed letter concerning two chronometers for HMS Barham under Captain A.L. Corry, 1835-06-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 309
Scope and Contents

Sent by Francis Beaufort to John Pond.

Dates: 1835-06-19
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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Printed letter concerning two chronometers for HMS Buffalo under Mr Sadler, 1833-04-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 148
Scope and Contents

Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.

Dates: 1833-04-03
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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Report of chronometers under repair by Arnold & Dent, 1831-01-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 178
Scope and Contents

Sent from Arnold & Dent to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1831-01-18
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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