Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning the location, identity, rates and purchases of various chronometers. The volume includes repairs to and complaints with chronometer makers; requests for chronometers for D. Livingstone and the Oregon expedition; a list of chronometer makers; a paper, in French, by Messrs Delamarche and Ploix on the influence of the magnetism of ships on the rates of chronometers; J Hartnup's 'importance of testing chronometers before they are used at sea'; and notes on the...

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Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

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A guide to the exhibition held from 1 June to 31 August 1955 at the Rhodes-Livingstone Museum.

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Eight letters addressed to Clarence Hooper concerning a meeting in celebration of the centenary of Livingstone's birth, held in April 1913 under the auspices of the Central Y.M.C.A., addressed by the missionary Dan Crawford (1870-1926).

Scope and Contents Comprises two typescript copies of an unpublished book titled 'An African Odyssey: the story of two porters, Mombai and Mabruki'. The first copy is draft completed in 1951 and subsequently sent to H.B. Thomas for comment. Many pencil annotations to the text. The second copy is a revised version, neatly typed. Together with memoranda and correspondence relating to the attempts to have the book published. Mombai or 'Bombay', and Mabruki, were two African porters, known for their role in...

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Self-published volume. One of eight printed copies, this is number three, and is inscribed by the author 'For the Cambridge University Library, with respect for Donald Simpson [former RCS librarian]'. The contents of the volume are a collection of articles derived from Clendennen's research into David Livingstone as part of the David Livingstone Documentation Project, 1974-9, and in the course of his career as outlined in the introduction to the volume.

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An early draft of Dorothy Helly's 'Livingstone's legacy: Horace Waller and Victorian mythmaking' (1987), examining Waller and the editing of David Livingstone's last journals.

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Contemporary copies of letters from James Christie in Zanzibar, 1865-1873, including descriptions of slavery. There are inserted items, including newscuttings, engravings and photographs, and a loose copy of a letter from Christie to his brother, 10 June 1871. The newscuttings include an obituary of Christie, near the end of the volume, taken from The Lancet, 16 January 1892, from which Christie's biographical history is compiled.

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The letter was written during the Zambezi expedition.

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A letter concerning Sir Samuel Baker's journey and Livingstone's prospects of solving the relation of Lake Tanganyika to the Albert Nyanza.

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Six manuscript letters written to Sir Frederick Grey, 21 September 1858 - 28 October 1859 (32 pages), regarding Livingstone's second major expedition. There are accompanying typescript notes on the letters and correspondence between Evans Lewin, R.C.S. Librarian, and others, 1927-1938, regarding the supply of copies.

Scope and Contents Letters to Thomas Maclear from the Colonial Office regarding work to be carried out at the Cape Observatory, time balls, surveys, lighthouse and financial matters. The letters include the following items:News of Dr Livingstone, 3 April 1861.A list of instruments used for the Cape Coast Survey, 31 January 1862.A report on Captain Bailey's completion of general triangulation work, 18 February 1863.Comments on the proposed changes in the Table Bay Lights, 17...

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List compiled by Henry Morton Stanley during his exploration of central Africa with David Livingstone.

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An undated education pack concerning David Livingstone, produced for the Livingstone Centenary Scottish Inter-Church Group by the Church of Scotland Overseas Council.

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Dr Livingstone's South African observations, with calculations for altitude; distance; local, solar and Greenwich time; and longitude. The volume includes a letter signed by Livingstone.

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Letters to Thomas Maclear from various individuals regarding the trigonometric survey and the issue of chronometers, with letters of introduction to Maclear. There are also letters concerning the topography of the Cape Colony, 7 March 1857; Cape Point Lighthouse, 26 July 1857; a report on an earthquake, 20 October 1857; the memorial to Thomas Holden Barker, 4 July 1858; and a report on Dr Livingstone, 10 November 1858.

Scope and Contents Letters to Thomas Maclear regarding time balls, time signals and cooperation with the telegraph company, including the following items: Letter on the time signal at Simon's Bay, 31 May 1861.Letter on the problems concerning the time ball at Lion's Rump, 10 August 1861.A pamphlet on W.T. Henley's Patent Magneto-Electric Alphabetic Telegraph, December 1862.Copies of correspondence between the Cape Observatory and the Agent of the Cape Electric Telegraph,...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and printed papers on astrology, chemistry, chronology, electricity, galvanism, geography, geology, optics and tides. The correspondents include, among others, M. Faraday, H. Malden, E.W. Brayley, J. Challis, H.H. Turner, W. White, J.W. Bosanquet, J.R. Hind, W.M. Leake, E. Garbett, A.R. Clark, E. Sabine, C.V. Walker, J.S. Henslow, C.P. Smyth, E. Dunkin, C. Brooke, A.B. Beechy and F. Beaufort. The material includes a paper by M. Faraday 'On Electric Induction'; papers by F....

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on various scientific topics. The papers begin with work on electricity and magnetism, including W. Thomson's transfer of galvanic currents; J. Tyndall's lecture on magnetic repulsion delivered to the Royal Institution; and C. Chalmers' notes on electricity. There are samples of J.C. Clark's chemical telegraph; material on I.K. Brunel's proposal of voyages to India; various barometer readings; longitudes of Paris, Lancaster, Torbay and Algeria; and a letter by D....

Scope and Contents Correspondence and printed papers on chronology, geography and the tides. The correspondents include W. Whewell, J.C. Adams, J.R. Hind, J.W. Bosanquet, W.H. Barlow, P.A. Hansen, J.F. Encke, W.H. Smyth, J.B. Biot, J. Washington, W.H. Miller, M. Corbeaux, J. Lee, R. Fitzroy, J.W. Blakesley, Lord Lindsay, J. Williams, J. Wood, P.S. Stanhope, G. Dawson, J.F. Burgoyne, W. Selwyn and D. Livingstone. There is a paper on the date of the death of Olaf the Fat (Saint Olave); a geometric projection of...

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Articles and transcripts relating to David Livingstone, including illustrations and maps.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous material on ancient eclipses, Caesar's invasion and computations for map projections, including computations for the eclipses in 851 BC, 841 BC and 1133 AD; B.W. Savile's views on the time-scale of Creation; J.H. Humphrey on Egyptian chronology; the derivation of the names of the days of the week; 'Use and Principles of combined Mercator and Gromonic charts'; the landing places of Caesar and his winter passage of the 'Cavennes'; D. Livingstone's letter in a newspaper concerning...

Scope and Contents The collection contains a wide range of correspondence and papers relating to the Gambia, Kenya, Kilwa [Kilwa Sultanate] and Pemba, Tanganyika [i.e. Tanzania], Uganda, Zanzibar, West Africa, and other parts of the continent. Some of the topics covered are ethnic groups and Indigenous peoples, languages, the slave trade, the Portuguese colonization in Africa, and archaeology. There are articles by J. Schacht, Emin Pasha, Gervase Mathew, M. Posnansky, and others on Africa, as well as...

Scope and Contents The weekly register of the general work of the Cape Observatory, including observations, staff matters and items of interest locally. The volume includes the following items:1. A preface containing an alphabetical index of books; a list of Observatory rules regarding observations; information on the use of the mural circle, transit instrument and other equipment; and details regarding the security of the Observatory.2. Daily reports of observations made and work carried out...

Scope and Contents The weekly register of the Cape Observatory, including daily reports of observations made and work carried out at the Observatory. The volume includes the following items:A report by Thomas Maclear on 'The Repeating Time Ball upon the Lion's Rump Signal Station', 23 January 1854.Material on the shipment of the transit circle from England on the 'Beyne', 30 January 1854.Specifications of work to be carried out at the Royal Observatory Cottage, 13 February...