Huddart, Joseph, 1741 - 1816 (hydrographer and engineer)
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from Captain Huddart, 1780-03-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/9: 1-2
Scope and Contents
Letter regarding eclipses of Jupiter's satellites observed at Bombay.
Dates:
1780-03-25
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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Memorial from Joseph Huddart on the use of a quadrant, 1784-03-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/11: 243-245
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1784-03-06
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).
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Requests for the use of instruments and letters concerning the return of borrowed instruments, 1783 - 1829
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/13: 104-150
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Papers regarding the loan and return of instruments belonging to the Board of Longitude and concerning persons entitled to receive Board publications.
Dates:
1783 - 1829
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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Tables and computations, 1787 - 1788
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/164
Scope and Contents
Tables and computations, including a table for finding the Moon's southing. There is also a computation of the longitude of Calcutta, India, made from simultaneous observations there by Captain Huddart and at Greenwich of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites, 1787-1788.
Dates:
1787 - 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).