Evans, William, fl1794 - 1806 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude)
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from William Evans to Sir Harry Parker, 1794-06-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 119-120
Scope and Contents
Concerning a mistake in his book.
Dates:
1794-06-07
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).
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Letter from William Evans to Sir Harry Parker, 1795-05-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 126-127
Scope and Contents
Concerning corrections.
Dates:
1795-05-18
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).
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Letter from William Evans to the Board of Longitude, 1794-04-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 118
Scope and Contents
Written to amend mistakes in his previous calculations.
Dates:
1794-04-24
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).
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Letter from William Evans to the Board of Longitude, 1794-12-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 121-121a
Scope and Contents
Mentioning that he had heard that the Board would only accept a timepiece technique for proving longitude.
Dates:
1794-12-07
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).
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Letter from William Evans to the Board of Longitude, 1794 - 1795
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 122-123
Scope and Contents
Describing a measuring instrument for longitude.
Dates:
1794 - 1795
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).
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Letter from William Evans to the Board of Longitude, 1795-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 124-125
Scope and Contents
Enclosing tables on 'Perpetual-time and universal space', and requesting that they be published anonymously, as his new calendar required moving the day of the Sabbath.
Dates:
1795-04
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).
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William Evans on a new system of arithmetic and on the relation of the diameter of a circle to its circumference, 1806
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/54: 217-228a
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
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).