Hurd, Thomas, ?1747 - 1823 (Captain, hydrographer)
Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of letter from Thomas Hurd to S.W. Paul, 1817-07-16
Concerning John Hawkes.
Copy of two letters from Thomas Hurd to Alex Witherspoon, 1814-03-07 - 1814-04-18
Two letters from Witherspoon and three copy replies from Captain Thomas Hurd.
Draft of a letter from Thomas Hurd to R. Boullanger, 1815
Includes an unrelated note relating to a payment of £1,200 to Mendoza y Ríos [RGO 14/38: 325].
Draft of a letter from Thomas Hurd to Sir Joseph Banks, 1818-11-05
Three letters.
Edward Naylor on the variation of the compass, 1815 - 1828
Correspondence regarding the effects of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Francis Xavier Brosius' method of finding the latitude by double altitudes of the Sun, 1817-11-17
Letter and proposal, sent to Captain Thomas Hurd.
Henry Browse on perpetual motion, 1813 - 1814
Hydrographer's reports relating to chronometers issued in 1816 and 1817, 1816-03-22 - 1817-12-12
Twelve reports issued from hydrographer Thomas Hurd to John Wilson Croker concerning chronometers by John Arnold, Thomas Earnshaw and Mr Brockbank. The reports provide the name of the ship and captain to which each timekeeper was issued for trial.
Letter and related note concerning James Hughes, 1813-05-24
Letter concerning a replacement chronometer for Lieutenant H.W. Bayfield who was surveying the lakes of Canada, 1823-01-20
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning Edward Massey, 1811-03-09
Letter from Robert Clifford to Captain Thomas Hurd written in support of Massey's claim for a reward for his sound machine, 'a machine now proved to be fully fitted for its object, and calculated to save the lives of so many seamen'. He suggests that a petition be presented to the First Lord of the Admiralty to enable Massey's invention to be considered.
Letter concerning Edward Massey, 1811 - 1815
Letter to Captain Thomas Hurd from the Admiralty Office on behalf of [Charles Philip] Yorke, First Lord of the Admiralty, originally enclosing a letter and memorial from Massey to be laid before the Board.
Letter concerning Edward Massey, 1815-05-30
Letter from [Sir Marc Isambard] Brunel of Chelsea to Captain Thomas Hurd recommending Massey's design improvements relevant to chronometers, which involved reducing the friction at the locks.
Letter concerning Edward Massey's sounding machine, 1815-06-08
Copy of a letter from Captain Thomas Hurd to [John Wilson] Croker requesting that the Board of Admiralty renew their orders for a trial at sea of both Massey's sounding machine and another invented by [Peter] Burt. Hurd mentions that Massey had been granted a reward for his invention before Burt's sounding machine had become known to them.
Letter concerning H.C. Jennings, 1817-12-04
Letter from Mr St Durand to Captain Thomas Hurd written on behalf of Jennings who offers his expertise on the subject of magnetism. St Durand notes that since the decease of Dr Gowin Knightly [Knight] there was no one with greater knowledge on the subject than Jennings.
Letter concerning H.C. Jennings, 1818-01-28
Letter from Mr Milton of Bedford Square, London, to Captain Thomas Hurd, forwarding a letter to be laid before the Board of Longitude.
Letter concerning Joseph Shee, 1814-01-08
Letter from Josias Weeks to Captain Thomas Hurd enquiring on behalf of Joseph Shee whether Shee's documents relative to the discovery of perpetual motion had been received and examined by the Board.
Letter concerning Joseph Shee, 1814-01-11
Letter from Captain Thomas Hurd to Josias Weeks, stating that Shee's letter 'on perpetual motion' had been received and would be presented to the Board, but that perpetual motion did not come under their consideration.
Letter concerning Joseph Shee, 1814-09-27
Letter from William Cosens, partner of Josias Weeks, to Captain Thomas Hurd, enquiring whether Shee's letters relating to his discovery of an instrument for identifying a fixed point had been received by the Board of Longitude.
Letter concerning Peter Burt, 1813-12-27
Letter to Captain Thomas Hurd from Mr Davis of the Navy Office recommending Peter Burt's invention of a Sounding Buoy and Knipper.
Letter concerning R.G. Peacock, 1811-11-21
Sent from R. Nelson (Navy Office) to Captain Thomas Hurd
Letter concerning the return of Arnold's chronometer No.1970 from HMS Leven under Captain Owen, 1822-11-20
Sent from [Thomas Hurd] to John Pond.
Letter enclosing tables from James Kirkwood, 1818-06-04
Sent to Captain Thomas Hurd.
Letter from Alex Witherspoon to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1813-12-29
Two letters from Witherspoon and three copy replies from Captain Thomas Hurd.
Letter from Arthur Hodge to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1821-02-03
With an index of names.
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