Earnshaw, Thomas, 1749 - 1829 (maker of watches and chronometers)
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Letter from Thomas Earnshaw, 1801-08-30
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/34: 1-2
Scope and Contents
The letter is concerned with timekeepers and also contains notes and calculations in Maskelyne's hand.
Dates:
1801-08-30
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).
Item
Letter from Thomas Earnshaw to the Board of Longitude, 1798-11-30
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 283-284
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
The series also includes two accounts of the rates of watches by Josiah Emory.
Dates:
1798-11-30
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).
Item
Letter from Thomas Earnshaw to the Board of Longitude, 1799-03-01
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 285-286
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
The series also includes two accounts of the rates of watches by Josiah Emory.
Dates:
1799-03-01
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).
Item
Letter from Thomas Earnshaw to the Board of Longitude, 1801-06-04
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 287
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
The series also includes two accounts of the rates of watches by Josiah Emory.
Dates:
1801-06-04
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).
Item
Letter from Thomas Earnshaw to the Board of Longitude, 1802-03-06
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 349-350
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:
1802-03-06
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).
Item
Petitions, memorials and correspondence relating to Earnshaw's reward claims, 1791 - 1808
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 193-245
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:
1791 - 1808
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).
Item
Rates of Mr Earnshaw's timekeepers tried at the Royal Observatory in 1799, 1800-12-06
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 330-332
Scope and Contents
With an accompanying note from Earnshaw.
Dates:
1800-12-06
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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