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Forrest, Joseph, fl1827 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter from Joseph Forrest to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-11-21 - 1827-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 595-596
Scope and Contents

In which Forrest outlines his previous communication with the Board and offers to make a globe which he could describe to them better than explaining his ideas in writing. He also mentions that he was a mechanic with no formal training in astronomy or mathematics.

Dates: 1827-11-21 - 1827-11
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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Correspondence regarding impracticable schemes for establishing longitude / Miscellaneous correspondence, 1782-1827 / Letters from Joseph Forrest to Dr Thomas Young
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Letter from Joseph Forrest to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-12-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 594
Scope and Contents

In which Forrest outlines his previous communication with the Board and offers to make a globe which he could describe to them better than explaining his ideas in writing. He also mentions that he was a mechanic with no formal training in astronomy or mathematics.

Dates: 1827-12-05
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 / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Correspondence regarding impracticable schemes for establishing longitude / Miscellaneous correspondence, 1782-1827 / Letters from Joseph Forrest to Dr Thomas Young
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Proposal from Joseph Forrest (Ireland) to Dr Thomas Young, 1827 - 1830

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 600-605
Scope and Contents

Proposal listing Forrest's 'discoveries' which included ideas on the causes of the tides and currents ('that the Moon have not to do with the tides'), on the cause of perpetual motion, and ideas on longitude.
The letter is preceded by a second copy of the list and a chart. For two further letters from Forrest, see [RGO 14/40: 594-596].

Dates: 1827 - 1830
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 impracticable schemes for establishing longitude / Miscellaneous correspondence, 1782-1827

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