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Grant, Charles, 1749 - c1818 (Vicomte De Vaux)

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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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Copies of letters from Charles Hutton, Andrew Mackay and George Gilpin, 1806-05-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 120
Scope and Contents

Concerning Major General Grant's instrument to determine the ship's rate of sailing.

Dates: 1806-05-06
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 / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Correspondence regarding miscellaneous schemes and inventions / Proposals by Major General Grant
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Notebook outlining 'a simple method of finding the longitude at sea', 1806

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 160-181
Scope and Contents

Includes illustrations at [RGO 14/44: 167], [RGO 14/44: 172-174], and [RGO 14/44: 179].

Dates: 1806
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 miscellaneous schemes and inventions / Proposals by Major General Grant
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Printed booklet on the description and use of Charles Grant's 'The New Uranographia', 1803 - 1807

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 184-188
Scope and Contents From the Item:

These include two copies of a prospectus concerning Grant's astronomical and geographical works, and various proposals on finding longitude by using an instrument to determine the ship's rate of sailing.

Dates: 1803 - 1807
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 miscellaneous schemes and inventions / Proposals by Major General Grant
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Printed prospectus for publishing the works of Major General Grant, 1803 - 1806

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 118-119
Scope and Contents From the Item:

These include two copies of a prospectus concerning Grant's astronomical and geographical works, and various proposals on finding longitude by using an instrument to determine the ship's rate of sailing.

Dates: 1803 - 1806
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 miscellaneous schemes and inventions / Proposals by Major General Grant
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Printed prospectus for publishing the works of Major General Grant, 1803 - 1806

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 182-183
Scope and Contents From the Item:

These include two copies of a prospectus concerning Grant's astronomical and geographical works, and various proposals on finding longitude by using an instrument to determine the ship's rate of sailing.

Dates: 1803 - 1806
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 miscellaneous schemes and inventions / Proposals by Major General Grant
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Proposal for finding longitude by determining the ship's rate of sailing., 1806 - 1807

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 121-159
Scope and Contents

The proposal includes many illustrations, such as [RGO 14/44: 135] and [RGO 14/44: 140-141], including some colour plates, [RGO 14/44: 149-151], [RGO 14/44: 156] and [RGO 14/44: 169], and a large folded celestial map [RGO 14/44: 157].

Dates: 1806 - 1807
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 miscellaneous schemes and inventions / Proposals by Major General Grant
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Proposal from Major General Grant, 1807-06-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 189-191
Scope and Contents From the Item:

These include two copies of a prospectus concerning Grant's astronomical and geographical works, and various proposals on finding longitude by using an instrument to determine the ship's rate of sailing.

Dates: 1807-06-30
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 / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Correspondence regarding miscellaneous schemes and inventions / Proposals by Major General Grant
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Proposals by Major General Grant, 1803 - 1807

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 117-192
Scope and Contents

These include two copies of a prospectus concerning Grant's astronomical and geographical works, and various proposals on finding longitude by using an instrument to determine the ship's rate of sailing.

Dates: 1803 - 1807
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 miscellaneous schemes and inventions

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