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Grubb, Thomas, 1800 - 1878 (optician)

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Correspondence with tradesmen, 1835 - 1840

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/715
Scope and Contents Correspondence with tradesmen, initials A-M, including letters from publishers; booksellers; horologists; printers; builders; merchants; decorators; telescope makers; the Kent Water Company; machine repairers; and the Board of Stamps and Taxes. The letters cover requests; accounts; bills; receipts; tenders; invoices; payments of land taxes; routine repairs; and improvements. There is correspondence with T. Grubb regarding telescope mountings and the proposals, sketches, construction and...
Dates: 1835 - 1840
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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'Scientific Papers, T. Grubb', 1857-1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 113/2/1
Scope and Contents

Red bound volume of 33 printed scientific papers primarily by Howard Grubb and Thomas Grubb, but also by Warren de la Rue and others, each presented or published between 1857-1905. The volume begins with a handwritten index.

Dates: 1857-1905
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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Astronomical telescopes 1