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Kendall, Larcum, 1719 - 1790 (watchmaker)

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Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

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Account by James Inman of his work as astronomer, 1803 - 1804

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 175-176
Scope and Contents

The account relates to the voyage of HMS Investigator under Captain Flinders and observations taken by Inman at Port Jackson. It includes details of problems Inman had with his equipment.

Dates: 1803 - 1804
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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Account from G. Waddington of the going of a watch made by Mr Kendall, 1784-02 - 1784-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 487-488
Scope and Contents From the Sub-file:

Nine letters and an account of the going of a watch.

Dates: 1784-02 - 1784-03
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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Account with Larcum Kendall, 1776 - 1788

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/17: 392-397
Scope and Contents From the File:

Papers regarding payments for work done on behalf of the Board.

Dates: 1776 - 1788
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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Astronomical observations and reductions, 1767 - 1773

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/296
Scope and Contents Astronomical reductions and observations, including an eclipse of 25 June 1767; the Sun's place and an eclipse at Greenwich, 3 June 1769; an extract from a letter by Captain Wallis, 20 June 1771; and an account of experiments carried out on board the vessel 'Carcass' on a voyage to the north pole with Captain Phipps. The observations were made on 3 June - 10 July 1772 for latitude and longitude as determined by Arnold's chronometer and Kendall's watch. Other experiments were performed on...
Dates: 1767 - 1773
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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Comparison of chronometers, 1773-05-30 - 1773-09-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/154
Scope and Contents

A comparison of Arnold, Kendall and Grignion's chronometers on board HMS Carcass.

Dates: 1773-05-30 - 1773-09-27
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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Confirmed minutes, 1737 - 1779

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/5
Scope and Contents Minutes of Board of Longitude meetings regarding, among other matters, discussions on John Harrison's first marine chronometer (H1); the purchase of new instruments for work on the longitude and latitude of the coasts of Britain; improvements to the reflecting telescope; Tobias Mayer's lunar motion tables; the trial of John Harrison's chronometers; errors in the tables of the satellites; Schutz's machine for finding longitude; Chistopher Irwin's marine chair; the use of lunar observations...
Dates: 1737 - 1779
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 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: 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 Admiral Mark Milbanke to Sir Harry Parker, 1789-12-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 489
Scope and Contents

Concerning the return of a timekeeper to Mr Kendall.

Dates: 1789-12-12
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).
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Letter from George Vancouver to William Wales, 1796-03-04 - 1796-12-13

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 9-12
Scope and Contents

Letter, dated 4 March 1796, concerning observations Vancouver had made during a voyage around the world on HMS Discovery. With a copy of a note to Sir Joseph Banks (on the back page) that the observations were to be reduced, dated 13 December 1796.

Dates: 1796-03-04 - 1796-12-13
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 Robert Digby to the Board of Longitude, 1784-01-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 486
Scope and Contents

Enclosing an account concerning the going of a watch made by Kendall.

Dates: 1784-01-08
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 William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-03-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 255-256
Scope and Contents

Concerning supplies of instruments and other preparations.

Dates: 1787-03-20
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 William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-05-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 259-260
Scope and Contents

Concerning supplies of instruments, the rate of Mr Kendall's first timekeeper [K1], and his preparations.

Dates: 1787-05-08
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 William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-05-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 261
Scope and Contents

Sent from HMS Sirius, concerning a timekeeper [K1] received from William Bayly.

Dates: 1787-05-20
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 William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-06-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 262-263
Scope and Contents

Reporting on the timekeeper [K1], and on his observations during the passage to Tenerife (en route to New South Wales).

Dates: 1787-06-05
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).
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-06-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 264
Scope and Contents

Concerning observations taken (including observations for the rate of the timekeeper, K1).

Dates: 1787-06-05
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).
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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-06-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 265-266
Scope and Contents

Concerning observations made and including revised calculations of latitudes and longitudes by the timekeeper [K1].

Dates: 1787-06-09
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 William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1787-08-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 267-268
Scope and Contents

Reporting on their progress (the ship had arrived at Rio de Janeiro) and on observations made en route. Dawes also mentions that his cabin was partially under water and that his Requisite Tables had been damaged and needed replacing.

Dates: 1787-08-06
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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Letter from William Dawes to Nevil Maskelyne, 1790-04-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 300-301
Scope and Contents

Reporting on his work at the observatory in Sydney. He refers to the loss of HMS Sirius and states that the timekeeper [K1] was moved to HMS Supply undamaged. The letter also includes a description of his observatory.

Dates: 1790-04-16
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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Log book of HMS Resolution, 1772 - 1775

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58
Scope and Contents

The log book of HMS Resolution compiled by William Wales during the passage to the South Seas under the command of Captain James Cook.

Dates: 1772 - 1775
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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Log of the time by the watch and observations, 1776-06-11 - 1780-09-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/61/4: 1r-9r
Scope and Contents

This section is inverted in the volume and consists of two series: a daily log of time by the watch [K1], and further observations covering December 1779 to September 1780.

Dates: 1776-06-11 - 1780-09-08
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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Observations at a bay on the south-west side of Terra del Fuego, 1774-12-22 - 1774-12-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59/2: 20r-21r
Scope and Contents

These include daily observations; lunar observations; observations for the variation of the needle; observations for the error of the line of collimation and the latitude of the place; observations for the going of the clock; observations for the going of Mr Kendall’s watch; observations on the tides; and observations for the dip of the needle.

Dates: 1774-12-22 - 1774-12-27
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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Observations at Madeira, 1772-07-31 - 1772-08-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59/2: 2v
Scope and Contents

These include measurements of equal altitudes (by Clock B) and comparisons of the watches of Mr Kendall and Mr Arnold.

Dates: 1772-07-31 - 1772-08-01
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).
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Observations at Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand, 1773-11-05 - 1773-11-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59/2: 10v-12v
Scope and Contents

These include daily observations; observations of distances; observations for the latitude of Queen Charlotte Sound; observations on the tides; observations for the variation of the compass; observations for the dip of the magnetic needle; observations for the going of the clock; and observations for the going of Mr Kendall’s watch.

Dates: 1773-11-05 - 1773-11-22
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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Observations at the Island of Fyal, in the Azores, 1775-07-13 - 1775-07-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59/2: 28r
Scope and Contents

These include daily observations; observations for the dip of the needle; observations for the going of Mr Kendall’s watch; observations for the variation of the compass; and observations on the tides.

Dates: 1775-07-13 - 1775-07-18
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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Observations at the Island of Tanna [Vanuatu], 1774-08-06 - 1774-08-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59/2: 16
Scope and Contents

These include daily observations; observations for the variation; observations for the dip of the needle’s south end; lunar observations; observations on the tides; observations for the going of Mr Kendall’s watch; and observations for the latitude of the place.

Dates: 1774-08-06 - 1774-08-19
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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