HMS Investigator, survey sloop (1801-1810)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of the HMS Investigator’s comparison book for the timekeepers, 1801-10-31 - 1802-08-10
Containing tables of comparison relating to timekeepers A82, A176, A1736, E520 and E543.
Log entries for December 1801 and early January 1802, 1801-12-05 - 1802-01-04
Daily log entries, travelling from the Cape of Good Hope towards the south west coast of New Holland, and in King George Sound and Princess Royal Harbour. Includes a set of observations made in Princess Royal Harbour, with accounts of the rates of the timekeepers and of the tides [RGO 14/64: 17r-20v].
Observations, 1801-12-12 - 1802-05-12
Set of observations taken by Flinders, with reference made to Princess Royal Harbour (King George Sound), Port Jackson, New Holland, Port Phillip, and Kangaroo Island. Originally enclosed in a letter from Flinders to Nevil Maskelyne [RGO 14/68: 17-18].
Observations for the variation and dip of the magnetic needle, 1801 - 1805
Made in HMS Investigator during a voyage of discovery to the South Sea in the years 1801-1805.
Observations made along the southwest coast of New Holland, from King George Sound eastward, 1802-01-05 - 1802-05-09
The observations form a continuous run, with occasional headings based on location (reproduced here).
Observations on seawater (temperature, gravity and tides), 1801 - 1805
Made in HMS Investigator during a voyage of discovery to the South Sea in the years 1801-1805.
Summaries of observations made between December 1801 and July 1802, 1801-12-12 - 1802-07-18
Includes accounts of the rates and errors of the timekeepers by Earnshaw and Arnold, and summaries of observations to determine longitude made in Princess Royal Harbour, at Bay 10, in Port Phillip Bay and at Cattle Point on the east side of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson.
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- Sydney 3
- Port Phillip Bay 2
- Arnhem Bay 1
- Broad Sound 1
- Cape of Good Hope 1
- Carpentaria, Gulf of 1
- Groote Eylandt 1
- Jackson, Port 1
- Kangaroo Island 1
- Madeira 1
- Mauritius 1
- Nuyts Archipelago 1
- Port Lincoln 1
- Port Louis 1
- South Pacific Ocean 1
- Timor 1
- Wreck Reefs 1 + ∧ less