Hiller, Caleb, fl1819 (Officer Royal Navy)
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Letter from Caleb Hiller to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-02-12
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 355-355a
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters, a proposal and a memorial.
Dates:
1819-02-12
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
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
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Caleb Hiller on his 'mariner's theodolite', an instrument for calculating longitude and latitude
Item
Letter from Caleb Hiller to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-31
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 356
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters, a proposal and a memorial.
Dates:
1819-03-31
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
/
Caleb Hiller on his 'mariner's theodolite', an instrument for calculating longitude and latitude
Item
Letter from Caleb Hiller to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-31
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 357
Scope and Contents
Enclosing a plan for his 'mariner's theodolite' and related papers; see [RGO 14/38: 358-359] and [RGO 14/38: 360-361].
Dates:
1819-03-31
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
/
Caleb Hiller on his 'mariner's theodolite', an instrument for calculating longitude and latitude
Item
Memorial from Caleb Hiller, 1819
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 360-361
Scope and Contents
In which Hiller discusses his 'Mariner's theodolite' and attests to his previous good conduct during his 17 years as a Royal Navy officer where he served on HMS El Vincego. He includes details of his ten year imprisonment in France as a prisoner of war, and his subsequent court-martial and discharge from the Navy.
Dates:
1819
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
/
Caleb Hiller on his 'mariner's theodolite', an instrument for calculating longitude and latitude
Item
Plan for a 'mariner's theodolite', 1819
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 358-359
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters, a proposal and a memorial.
Dates:
1819
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
/
Caleb Hiller on his 'mariner's theodolite', an instrument for calculating longitude and latitude
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