Marsden, William, 1754 - 1836 (orientalist and numismatist)
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from John Girdley on a rule for correcting the longitude at sea, 1805-03-09
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 439-441
Scope and Contents
Sent to William Marsden.
Dates:
1805-03-09
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 from Thomas Johnstone to William Marsden, 1807-06-20
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 202
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Five letters and a proposal on finding longitude by using the sun's bearing and by the lowest ascension of the pointers encircling the Pole.
Dates:
1807-06-20
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 from William Marsden, Fort Marlborough (Bengkulu in Indonesia), 1772-11-25
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/6: 1-2
Scope and Contents
In the letter Marsden praises Maskelyne's 'British Mariner's Guide' and method of finding longitude, and relates his own observations made with a sextant.
Dates:
1772-11-25
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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Letter from William Marsden to George Gilpin, 1805-03-07
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 5
Scope and Contents
Enclosing a plan for the trial of timekeepers, see [RGO 14/23: 6-10].
Dates:
1805-03-07
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 to Nevil Maskelyne, 1806-03-01
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 82-83
Scope and Contents
From Mr Marsden concerning papers from Captain Flinders.
Dates:
1806-03-01
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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Outline of a plan for submitting timekeepers offered for sale to the public to a trial, 1805
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 6-10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1805
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).