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Enclosing the letter at [RGO 14/36: 212-213].

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Concerning his book of observations.

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Four letters and an account of the rates of Hardy's clock.

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Four letters and an account of the rates of Hardy's clock.

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Four letters and an account of the rates of Hardy's clock.

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Concerning his method of determining longitude, which he called 'Longitude discovered by an Observation of the Sun'. Harvie mentions that he had been a master in the merchant service and was in the navy, but was now 76 years old and 'an old worn out seaman'.

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Enclosing a plan for the trial of timekeepers, see [RGO 14/23: 6-10].

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Draft of a letter from [George Gilpin?] informing Ferguson that the Board would not meet again before that December and that they did not offer advance sums of money without first being convinced of the value of a proposal.

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Sixteen letters from Judson concerning his method of finding longitude and his solution for squaring the circle, sent from Beverly, Yorkshire; with a related letter from Charles Dundas to the Admiralty. Many of the letters from Judson begin with traverse tables, calculations, or diagrams. The letters are largely to George Gilpin, with Nevil Maskelyne, Sir Philip Stephens and Dundas as other recipients.

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Includes half-used Messrs Coutts and Co. cheque book belonging to the Board, with several books of cheque stubs.

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Note and letter.

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...

Scope and Contents Various loose papers relating to the discovery of Pallas and Ceres.1. Rough calculations of Pallas, 1803.2. Rough calculations of Ceres, 1803.3. Other calculations of Pallas written on a Royal Society invitation, 1803.4. Another calculation of Pallas, 1803.5. Calculations of Pallas, 1803.6. Observations of associated stars, 1802-1803.7. Computations from observations of Pallas, 1802-1803.8. Rough calculations of Pallas,...

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...

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The invitation is a request to attend a Royal Society meeting on 21 November 1793. It is covered with various calculations.

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The invitation gives notice of a Royal Society meeting on 6 April 1797. It is covered with various calculations.

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The invitation gives notice of a Royal Society meeting on 11 May 1797. It is covered with various calculations.

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The invitation gives notice of a Royal Society meeting on 15 March 1798. It is covered with various calculations.

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The accounts of printers and publishers for Board of Longitude publications, with miscellaneous accounts.

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Reductions of the Moon's place in comparison with tables, 1763-1771, and calculations by Mr Hollins of the Moon's transit, 1772, by George Gilpin on the Moon's places, 1768-1776, by William Bayly on the Moon, 1766-1775, and by Reuben Burrows on the Moon, 1762-1770. There are also reductions of the Moon's place, 1781-1782, and references to reduced observations, 1783-1792.

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Printed paper by Arnold which was sent to Grant by Nevil Maskelyne; a note by [George Gilpin] records that Mr Grant did not see it necessary to make any remarks upon it [RGO 14/26: 59].