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Titford, William Jowett, 1784 - 1823 (accountant and botanist)

 Person

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Copy of a letter from Thomas Hurd to William J. Titford, 1814-03-05

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 285
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Concerning a chart for finding longitude and a method of finding longitude by two proportional quadrants. Includes a letter of recommendation from the passengers and crew of HMS York where Titford's chart for longitude was tested on a voyage to Jamaica in 1813, as well as latitude and longitude figures from a voyage of HMS Mary Ann to Jamaica in 1822.

Dates: 1814-03-05
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 / GBR/0180/RGO, 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 / Correspondence with William Jowett Titford
 Item

Copy of a letter from Thomas Hurd to William J. Titford, 1815-06-05

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 286
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Concerning a chart for finding longitude and a method of finding longitude by two proportional quadrants. Includes a letter of recommendation from the passengers and crew of HMS York where Titford's chart for longitude was tested on a voyage to Jamaica in 1813, as well as latitude and longitude figures from a voyage of HMS Mary Ann to Jamaica in 1822.

Dates: 1815-06-05
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 / GBR/0180/RGO, 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 / Correspondence with William Jowett Titford
 Item

Copy of a letter from Thomas Hurd to William J. Titford, 1813-12-10

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 287
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Concerning a chart for finding longitude and a method of finding longitude by two proportional quadrants. Includes a letter of recommendation from the passengers and crew of HMS York where Titford's chart for longitude was tested on a voyage to Jamaica in 1813, as well as latitude and longitude figures from a voyage of HMS Mary Ann to Jamaica in 1822.

Dates: 1813-12-10
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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0180/RGO, 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 / Correspondence with William Jowett Titford
 Item

Correspondence with William Jowett Titford, 1813 - 1822

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 284-299
Scope and Contents

Concerning a chart for finding longitude and a method of finding longitude by two proportional quadrants. Includes a letter of recommendation from the passengers and crew of HMS York where Titford's chart for longitude was tested on a voyage to Jamaica in 1813, as well as latitude and longitude figures from a voyage of HMS Mary Ann to Jamaica in 1822.

Dates: 1813 - 1822
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 / GBR/0180/RGO, 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
 Item

Explanations and answers to objections to William Titford's chart for finding longitude, 1819-10

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 290-291
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Concerning a chart for finding longitude and a method of finding longitude by two proportional quadrants. Includes a letter of recommendation from the passengers and crew of HMS York where Titford's chart for longitude was tested on a voyage to Jamaica in 1813, as well as latitude and longitude figures from a voyage of HMS Mary Ann to Jamaica in 1822.

Dates: 1819-10
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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0180/RGO, 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 / Correspondence with William Jowett Titford
 Item

Latitudes and longitudes from a voyage of HMS Mary Ann to Jamaica in 1822, 1822-03-06

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 297-299
Scope and Contents

Certified as correct by Master James Ferrier.

Dates: 1822-03-06
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 / GBR/0180/RGO, 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 / Correspondence with William Jowett Titford
 Item

Letter from officers and passengers of HMS York, 1813-06-14

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 294
Scope and Contents

Testifying that a method for ascertaining longitude was invented and tested by William Titford on a voyage of HMS York from England to Jamaica, between 22 April and 14 June 1813.

Dates: 1813-06-14
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 / GBR/0180/RGO, 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 / Correspondence with William Jowett Titford
 Item

Letter from William J. Titford to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-10-29

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 289
Scope and Contents

Enclosing explanations of his longitude chart; see [RGO 14/38: 290].

Dates: 1819-10-29
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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0180/RGO, 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 / Correspondence with William Jowett Titford
 Item

Letter from William J. Titford to the Board of Longitude, 1819-06-29

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 288
Scope and Contents

Concerning a chart for finding longitude at sea.

Dates: 1819-06-29
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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0180/RGO, 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 / Correspondence with William Jowett Titford
 Item

Letter from William Titford about forwarding communications, 1823-01-01

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 411-412a
Scope and Contents

Sent to Dr Thomas Young.

Dates: 1823-01-01
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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0180/RGO, Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
 Item

Letter from William Titford to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-07-30

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 295-296
Scope and Contents

Originally enclosing papers and charts for finding longitude.

Dates: 1822-07-30
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 / GBR/0180/RGO, 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 / Correspondence with William Jowett Titford
 Item

Method of using a chart for finding longitude at sea, 1813-07-19

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 292-293
Scope and Contents

As tested on HMS York.

Dates: 1813-07-19
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 / GBR/0180/RGO, 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 / Correspondence with William Jowett Titford

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