Owen, Edward Campbell Rich, Sir, 1771 - 1849 (Knight, Admiral)
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning the possible purchase of a third chronometer for Captain Owen of HMS Gloucester, 1822-12-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 9v/3
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:
1822-12-03
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
Copy of a letter to Sir Edward Owen concerning three chronometers by Arnold for HMS Gloucester, 1822-12-10
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 11v/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:
1822-12-10
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 replacement chronometer for Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Owen, 1830-01-11
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 189
Scope and Contents
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Dates:
1830-01-11
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).
Item
Letter concerning chronometers for Rear Admiral Sir Edward Owen in the East Indies, 1831-08-24
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 51
Scope and Contents
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Dates:
1831-08-24
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 the purchase of a Hornby chronometer by Rear Admiral Edward Owen at Madras, 1832-05-16
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 91
Scope and Contents
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Dates:
1832-05-16
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 the purchase of two chronometers at Madras by Rear-Admiral Owen, 1831-10-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 62
Scope and Contents
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Dates:
1831-10-09
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).
Item
Letter concerning three chronometers for HMS Gloucester under Captain Sir Edward W.C.R. Owen, 1822-11-29
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 76
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1822-11-29
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 two chronometers for HMS Southampton under Captain Peter Fisher, 1829-03-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 142
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1829-03-03
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 E.W.C.R. Owen to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1813-05-27
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 259-260
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters, sent from Captain Owen of HMS Cornwall.
Dates:
1813-05-27
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
E.W.C.R. Owen's rules for navigation and remarks upon the use of a chronometer
Item
Letter from E.W.C.R. Owen to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1813-05-27
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 261-262
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters, sent from Captain Owen of HMS Cornwall.
Dates:
1813-05-27
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
E.W.C.R. Owen's rules for navigation and remarks upon the use of a chronometer
Item
Letter from Sir E.C.R. Owen of HMS Southampton requesting a replacement chronometer, 1829-08-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 190-191
Scope and Contents
Sent to John Wilson Croker, and enclosing a return of the rate Arnold's chronometer no. 543 [RGO 5/230: 191].
Dates:
1829-08-03
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
W.F.W. Owen's 'Remarks on the chronometer for double altitudes in certain cases', 1813
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 144-154
Scope and Contents
Paper outlining the application of the interval of time (as measured by a chronometer) to the correction of the latitude and longitude at sea.
Dates:
1813
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).
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Chennai 2
- East Indies 2
- London 2
- Chatham 1
- Portsmouth 1