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Washington, John, 1800 - 1863 (Rear Admiral, hydrographer)

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Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1866 - 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/616
Scope and Contents Correspondence and related papers on the time signal and time ball service, including a proposed time ball on Tuskar Rock in the Irish Sea, with a chart; a proposed time signal at Dundee; cable laying on the Great Eastern Railway; a proposed Ipswich Time Ball; the rating and errors of the Westminster and Post Office clocks; a proposed public clock for the City of London; electric clocks for the Adelaide Parliament, Madras (including a drawing) and Colaba Observatory in Bombay (including...
Dates: 1866 - 1870
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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Papers on tides, longitude and invasion, 1859 - 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/474
Scope and Contents Papers concerning tides, the Claudian invasion of Britain and the determination of longitudes. There is material on the 'Eclipse of Thales'; a paper by F. Diaz Covarrubios determining the geographical position of Mexico; D. May's observations in the neighbourhood of River Quarra (West Africa); Airy's comments on Lewis' essay on Julius Caesar's invasion; an article in 'The Times' on Caesar's invasion; Airy's paper on the landing of Claudius; C. Merivale's two articles, one on Claudius'...
Dates: 1859 - 1860
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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