Pennington, Robert, c1780 - c1844 (chronometer maker)
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of a letter from Captain John Phillimore concerning a defective chronometer issued to HMS Thetis, 1825-04-22
Sent to Admiral Sir James Saumarez. The letter includes a report on the rate and daily difference of the chronometer, signed by William Gowdy, Master.
Copy of a letter from James Inman to Pond concerning the whereabouts of a timekeeper by Mudge, repaired by Pennington, issued to HMS Nautilus, 1822-10-01
For a related letter, see [RGO 5/229: 67].
Copy of a letter to John Barrow reporting on a chronometer by Pennington, 1824-12-20
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.
Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning a chronometer mistakenly given two different numbers (Pennington No. 809 and Mudge No. 4), 1821-06-03
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.
Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning the purchase of a chronometer by Pennington for Captain White of HMS Shamrock, 1824-02-02
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.
Copy of a letter to Mr Pennington concerning the condition of a chronometer by Mudge (No. 4), 1822-06-19
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.
Copy of a letter to Mr Pennington ordering the return to Greenwich of two chronometers which he had neglected, for repairs by another maker, 1825-11-21
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.
Letter concerning a defective chronometer issued to HMS Thetis under Captain John Phillimore, 1825-04-25
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning a request by Lieutenant Hewett of the Protector surveying vessel to exchange his chronometers, 1826-07-13
Sent from John Croker to John Pond.
Letter concerning chronometers by Mudge and Pennington issued to HMS Nautilus under Captain Chapman, 1822-10-04
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond; for a related letter, see [RGO 5/229: 68].
Letter concerning chronometers for HMS Madagascar under Captain Robert Spencer, 1828-12-06
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning condition of chronometer No. 154, 1825-06-29
Sent from Robert Pennington to John Pond.
Letter concerning repairs to chronometer No. 16, 1825-01-26
Sent from Robert Pennington to John Pond.
Letter concerning the whereabouts of chronometers issued to the late Vice Admiral Drury, 1825-07-13
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning the whereabouts of Mudge chronometer No. 8, 1825-07-25
Letters and declarations to Pond from chronometer makers, including Robert Molyneux, Parkinson & Frodsham, Thomas Earnshaw and E.J. Dent. The volume also includes five undated lists of makers' estimates for repair from Arnold and Arnold & Dent.
Letter concerning weekly reports of government chronometers not embarked, 1824-12-17
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter from Thomas Hurd to John Pond, 1821-09-03
The letter includes a list of government owned timekeepers and the ships they were consigned to [RGO 5/229: 5-6].
List of orders received concerning the issuing of chronometers to H M Ships, 1821-07-23 - 1835-07-31
A diary of orders, received by Pond, to send chronometers to particular ships, followed by a record of the date each order was completed. This is inverted at the back of the volume.
Printed letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Isis under Captain J. Polkinghorne, 1831-12-15
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Printed letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Nimrod under Captain Lord Russell, 1832-11-05
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Printed letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Rover under Commander G. Young, 1832-10-12
Sent by A.B. Becher to John Pond.
Printed letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Royalist under Lieutenant C.A. Barlow, 1835-01-30
Sent by Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Printed letter concerning two chronometers for HMS Dryad under Captain J. Hayes, 1832-07-30
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Printed letter concerning two chronometers for HMS Isis under Captain J. Polkinghorne, 1831-11-30
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Printed letter concerning two chronometers for Mr Maclear, astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope, 1833-10-05
Sent by Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
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