Hudson, Charles, fl1820 - 1831 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude)
Person
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
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Charles Hudson on the quadrature of the circle, 1825-04-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/54: 263-271
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:
1825-04-02
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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Duplicate of a letter from Charles Hudson to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-11-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 336-339
Scope and Contents
The original letter is at [RGO 14/37: 328-331].
Dates:
1824-11-25
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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Duplicate of a letter from Charles Hudson to Dr Thomas Young, 1825-01-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 344-346
Scope and Contents
The original letter is at [RGO 14/37: 340-343].
Dates:
1825-01-25
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 Charles Hudson to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-11-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 328-331
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes three letters from Hudson (with two duplicates) and related newspaper cuttings.
Dates:
1824-11-25
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 Charles Hudson to Dr Thomas Young, 1825-01-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 340-343
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes three letters from Hudson (with two duplicates) and related newspaper cuttings.
Dates:
1825-01-25
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 Charles Hudson to Dr Thomas Young, 1825-08-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 347-351
Scope and Contents
Includes a colour illustration of a nautical instrument for ascertaining longitude.
Dates:
1825-08-23
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 Charles Hudson to the Board of Longitude, 1819-10-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 272-275
Scope and Contents
Outlining his proposals for determining longitude by the dip of the sun at noon. Also duplicate copy of the same. Both are witnessed by Thomas Gibson.
Dates:
1819-10-03
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).
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Letter from Charles Hudson to the Board of Longitude, 1819-11-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 276-277
Scope and Contents
Outlining a second method of finding longitude, based on lunar movement.
Dates:
1819-11-04
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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Newspaper cuttings from 'John Bull' (Calcutta) and related certificates, 1824-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 332-336
Scope and Contents
Concerning Charles Hudson's method of finding the longitude.
Dates:
1824-11
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).