Wharton, William James Lloyd, Sir, 1843 - 1905 (Knight, Hydrographer of the Navy)
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Correspondence on clocks, 1879 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/252
Scope and Contents
(1) Correspondence regarding clocks and sympathetic clocks, 1879-1893Correspondence on clocks and sympathetic clocks not belonging to the Royal Observatory:Correspondence between H. Eaton, G.S. Criswick, T. Lewis, W.H.M. Christie, Dent and Co., H.H. Turner and J. Buckney regarding the Westminster Clock, 1879-1887. The topics discussed are poor signals from the clock; inaccurate time; errors and the stopping of the clock; renewal of signal wires; changes in the organisation...
Dates:
1879 - 1927
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