Barrow, John, Sir, 1764 - 1848 (1st Baronet, Secretary of the Admiralty)
Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1827-05-10
Enclosing a copy of a letter he had written to Sir Richard Plaskett of the Colonial Office and reporting on his activities at the Cape Observatory from 10 April to 10 May 1827.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1827-05-14
Concerning the acquisition of the land adjoining the Cape Observatory; includes a copy of a letter from Sir Richard Plaskett of the Colonial Office.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1823-06-20
Concerning his first catalogue of the principle fixed stars.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1823-09-01
Concerning tables and a plan of the observatory and giving news.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Sir John Barrow, 1821-09-05
Concerning the best location for the proposed Cape Observatory and including bearings of various points visited in Cape Town.
Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Sir John Barrow, 1823-01-07
Concerning a mistake in his previous report and mentioning that a moth had damaged his telescope, destroying the wires.
Mark Watt on improvements in the construction of compasses, 1827
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Nicolai Henrich Jaeger on finding longitude by magnetic variation, 1823
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Note from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-07-15
Instructing him to direct Mr Dollond to ship his telescope to the Cape Observatory.
Note from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-10-21
Concerning a letter from Fearon Fallows at the Cape Observatory.
Note from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-05-03
Originally enclosing the letter and proposal from Lieutenant John Budgen at [RGO 14/37: 427-428] and [RGO 14/37: 429-437].
Note from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-05-12
Originally enclosing the letter and proposal from Lieutenant John Budgen at [RGO 14/37: 439-440] and [RGO 14/37: 441-442].
Note from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-05-16
Originally enclosing the extract of a letter from Fearon Fallows at [RGO 14/35: 458-459].
Note from John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-06-05
Originally enclosing the letter from Fearon Fallows at [RGO 14/35: 461-462].
Note from Mr Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-02
Originally enclosing the proposal by George Barratt at [RGO 14/37: 262-264].
Petitions for assistance from Benjamin Workman, 1810 - 1818
Some were written while Workman was imprisoned in the debtor's prison at Newgate. The petitions include a poster giving details of his services as a tutor in navigation, mathematics, nautical astronomy, etc. [RGO 14/12: 494].
Thomas Hope on magnetic aura, 1825
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
T.T. Rennell on the squaring of the circle and perpetual motion, 1822
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