Admiralty
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Correspondence on chronometers, 1876 - 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/606
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on the ownership of, purchase of, loss of, conversion of, and trials of chronometers. There is correspondence with the Admiralty and with many chronometer makers. The volume also includes printed copies of 'Instructions for packing chronometers sent from abroad, or from the outports to the Royal Observatory at Greenwich'; a copy of the rules of the Clockmakers Company governing the issuing of the prizes; two pages extracted from 'Nature', 29 March 1877, concerning 'Ships'...
Dates:
1876 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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