Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743 - 1820 (Baronet, naturalist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Letter from Henry Browse to Sir Joseph Banks, 1814-11-28
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 310-311
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters; includes a letter from the Board of Longitude to Browse outlining their objections to his plan.
Dates:
1814-11-28
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
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
Henry Browse's machine to measure longitude by means of the distance sailed
Item
Letter from Henry Browse to Sir Joseph Banks, 1815-02-21
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 312-313
Scope and Contents
Concerning a model of his machine for ascertaining longitude at sea, which he had sent by the Devonshire coach.
Dates:
1815-02-21
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
/
Henry Browse's machine to measure longitude by means of the distance sailed
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