Lubbock, John William, Sir, 1803 - 1865 (3rd Baronet, astronomer and banker)
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Correspondence on chronometers, 1859 - 1865
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/600
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on the workings of, repairs to, ratings of, and transactions involving chronometers. The volume includes papers on the Westminster Clock and Bell; addresses of chronometer makers; printed papers about Jurgensen and Sons, chronometer makers; new balance springs, 1859-1864; trials and ratings of chronometers for the Indian Store Department; a report on chronometers used aboard HMS 'Hecate'; and a letter by J. Rodwell Hux on the history of horology. The correspondents include...
Dates:
1859 - 1865
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