Crosley, John, 1762 - 1817 (astronomer)
Person
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
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Computed variation in Mudge's 'Green' and 'Blue' time-keepers, 1789-06-24 - 1790-06-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/312: 117-126
Scope and Contents
Includes a note on how the tests were performed.
Dates:
1789-06-24 - 1790-06-29
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From the Management Group:
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Confirmed minutes, 1780 - 1801
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/6
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Board of Longitude meetings regarding, among other matters, the rates of various chronometers; Charles Hutton's tables of products, powers and roots of natural numbers; the voyages of HMS 'Resolution' and HMS 'Discovery' and the examination of their log books; John Arnold's improvements to his watches; a suitable site for the Board of Longitude's instruments after the burning of the cupola of the Greenwich Hospital where they had been kept; improvements to reflecting telescopes;...
Dates:
1780 - 1801
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Confirmed minutes, 1802 - 1823
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/7
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Board of Longitude meetings regarding, among other matters, tables devised by José Mendoza de Ríos; correspondence with John Crosley (the astronomer with the expedition to New South Wales); a claim for a reward for Charles Mason's work on lunar tables; a report on the Arnold and Earnshaw chronometers going on the voyage of Captain Matthew Flinders; grants and awards to chronometer-makers; the observations of Nathaniel Bliss when he was Astronomer Royal; models of watch escapements...
Dates:
1802 - 1823
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Copy of a letter from John Pond to Captain Matthew Flinders, 1811-04-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 42r-42v
Scope and Contents
Concerning observations by Samuel Ward Flinders and John Crosley on a voyage of HMS Investigator.
Dates:
1811-04-27
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Correspondence, 1771 - 1811
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/314
Scope and Contents
Various notes and letters.1. Letter from A. Sheppard, 12 February 1771, giving the dates of commencement of university terms.2. A balance of payments, 30 October 1810.3. Account between Maskelyne and the Board of Longitude, 6 October 1810.4. Note for Mrs Edwards, a comparer, relating to some observations.5. Dates on which pieces for the 1816 'Nautical Almanac' were received from the computers, 1810-1811.6. A letter to John Crosley, 15 October...
Dates:
1771 - 1811
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Correspondence regarding applications for a reward by Matthew Flinders and Lieutenant S.W. Flinders, 1801 - 1808
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 14-36
Scope and Contents
Letters, observations and a memorial sent to the Board of Longitude from Captain Matthew Flinders and his brother Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders, relating to their claims to have each served in the role of astronomer on HMS Investigator after the departure of John Crosley. Also, two related letters to Lieutenant Flinders from Robert Brown and Ferdinand Bauer.
Dates:
1801 - 1808
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Correspondence relating to John Crosley's claims for payment for an expedition to the north-west coast of America to make nautical, astronomical and trigonometrical observations for the Navy, 1797 - 1806
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/1: 157-178
Scope and Contents
Includes a claim for loss of instruments and books on board HMS Providence when it sank on 16 May 1797.
Dates:
1797 - 1806
Conditions Governing Access:
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Determination of latitude and longitude of places seen during the voyage, 1795-03 - 1796-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/67: 169v-175r
Scope and Contents
Places mentioned (in order of occurrence) are: Sancta Cruz Bay in the island of Tenerife; the island of St Anthony; the island of Trinidada [Trindade, Brazil]; Cape Frio on the coast of Brazil; Sugar Loaf Rock at the entrance to the harbour of Rio de Janeiro; Goff’s Island; Swilly Island off the south cape of Van Diemen’s land [Tasmania]; a small cove near Rocky Head, Typa, near Macao [Macau]; Wymoa Bay, Island of Atooi [Waimea Bay, Kauai]; Bird Island; the entrance of Port [Namou] in the...
Dates:
1795-03 - 1796-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Diary of tasks sent to John Crosley to compute, 1799 - 1809
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/324: 20r
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A diary of work performed on the 'Nautical Almanac' and arrangements for its compilation and publication.
Dates:
1799 - 1809
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Draft instructions for John Crosley to go on a voyage to New Holland on board HMS Investigator on a scientific expedition, 1801-03-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/185: 4-4c
Scope and Contents
The letter gives instructions on observations to be taken on board ship, details of observations to be taken on shore, general directions and an inventory of required instruments, books and charts.
Dates:
1801-03-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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James Weir's artificial horizon, 1793 - 1796
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/29: 82-97
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:
1793 - 1796
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter book containing outgoing correspondence, 1782 - 1810
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/9
Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence regarding many astronomical and nautical subjects, including accounts with printers, the production of the 'Nautical Almanac', expeditions to Australia, a reward for a method of making glass of a sufficient quality for instruments, the trial of various timepieces and their employment on board Royal Navy vessels, replies to projectors proposing various methods of finding longitude at sea, and instructions for astronomers (including William Gooch on board the Daedalus...
Dates:
1782 - 1810
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from David Kinnebrook, 1985
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 35/99
Scope and Contents
A photocopy of a letter from David Kinnebrook to his father, 20 August 1794, describing his life at the Greenwich Observatory. The letter discusses his salary; mathematicians that he has met; the recent visit of the Royal Society to the Observatory; John Crosley's imminent departure to survey the north-west coast of America; two methods for observing the moon; and various domestic matters, including Nevil Maskelyne's family and the servants.
Dates:
1985
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from John Crosley to John Pond, 1812-11-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 65-66
Scope and Contents
Concerning recalculations of observations from a voyage of HMS Investigator.
Dates:
1812-11-28
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from John Crosley to Nevil Maskelyne, 1794-11-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 93-94
Scope and Contents
Concerning observations from a voyage of HMS Providence.
Dates:
1794-11-18
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from John Crosley to Nevil Maskelyne, 1794-12-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 95
Scope and Contents
Partial letter concerning observations from a voyage of HMS Providence.
Dates:
1794-12-20
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from John Crosley to Nevil Maskelyne, 1795-02-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 96-97
Scope and Contents
Concerning observations from a voyage of HMS Providence.
Dates:
1795-02-13
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 John Crosley to Nevil Maskelyne, 1795-10-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 98-105
Scope and Contents
Sent from New South Wales, concerning observations from a voyage of HMS Providence.
Dates:
1795-10-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from John Crosley to the Board of Longitude, 1814-03-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 67
Scope and Contents
Concerning his recalculations of observations by Captain Matthew Flinders.
Dates:
1814-03-03
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to William Gooch (senior), 26 Dec. 1793
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 110-111
Scope and Contents
Concerning the bill of sale of his son's effects.
Dates:
26 Dec. 1793
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to William Gooch (senior), 14 Jan. 1794
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 114-115
Scope and Contents
Concerning the money raised by the sale of his son's effects and the appointment of John Crosley as William Gooch's replacement as astronomer.
Dates:
14 Jan. 1794
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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Letter to Sir Joseph Banks
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 35/55
Scope and Contents
An undated photostat of a letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks, 23 January 1801, informing Banks that he has invited John Crosley to go on a voyage for the Board of Longitude as astronomer and that Crosley is willing to accept if he can be guaranteed proper accommodation.
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Letter to Sir Joseph Banks
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 35/62
Scope and Contents
An undated photostat of a letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks, 18 November 1794, regarding a number of subjects. Maskelyne begins by mentioning the preparations for the Bakerian Lecture to be given by S.B. Vince, and goes on to state that John Crosley has sailed for the West Indies and will be testing the timekeepers 3 Earnshaw and 2 Arnold on the voyage. He ends the letter by informing Banks of letters he has received from Count Bruhl and A. Robertson, formerly Chaplain of...
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List of computers and comparers for the 'Nautical Almanac', 1815 - 1816
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/324: 30v
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A diary of work performed on the 'Nautical Almanac' and arrangements for its compilation and publication.
Dates:
1815 - 1816
Conditions Governing Access:
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List of computers and comparers for the 'Nautical Almanac', 1803 - 1810
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/324: 4r-5v
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A diary of work performed on the 'Nautical Almanac' and arrangements for its compilation and publication.
Dates:
1803 - 1810
Conditions Governing Access:
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