HMS Blossom, sloop (1806-1848)
Organization
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Copy of a letter to John Barrow concerning chronometers for HMS Blossom and for HMS Atholl, for conveyance to Captain Boteler, 1829-06-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 48v/1
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Dates:
1829-06-12
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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Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning an order to suspend the purchase of a chronometer for HMS Blossom, 1825-03-29
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 25v
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Dates:
1825-03-29
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).
Item
Letter concerning a pocket chronometer for HMS Blossom under Captain Beechey, 1825-03-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 254
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Croker to John Pond.
Dates:
1825-03-26
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).
Item
Letter concerning a pocket chronometer for HMS Blossom under Captain Beechey, 1825-03-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 256
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1825-03-31
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).
Item
Letter concerning chronometers for HMS Blossom under Captain Frederick William Beechey, 1825-01-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 238
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1825-01-27
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 concerning chronometers for HMS Blossom under Commander Richard Owen, 1829-06-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 158
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1829-06-11
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 concerning the purchase of chronometers for HMS Blossom and HMS Hecla, 1829-06-13
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 159
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1829-06-13
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).
Item
Letter from J. Herbert to the Board of Longitude, 1820-07-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 274
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Proposal and two related letters.
Dates:
1820-07-12
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by Jupiter's satellites, the planets and fixed stars
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Joseph Herbert on a method of finding longitude using the sun's declination
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Letter from J. Herbert to Thomas Hurd, 1820-07-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 273
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing the letter and proposal at [RGO 14/37: 274] and [RGO 14/37: 275-281] for the attention of the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1820-07-12
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by Jupiter's satellites, the planets and fixed stars
/
Joseph Herbert on a method of finding longitude using the sun's declination
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