Mudge, Thomas, c1715 - 1794 (horologist)
Person
Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter concerning chronometers by Mudge and Pennington issued to HMS Nautilus under Captain Chapman, 1822-10-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 67
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond; for a related letter, see [RGO 5/229: 68].
Dates:
1822-10-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter concerning the whereabouts of chronometers issued to the late Vice Admiral Drury, 1825-07-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 280-281
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1825-07-13
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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Letter concerning the whereabouts of Mudge chronometer No. 8, 1825-07-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 25
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Letters and declarations to Pond from chronometer makers, including Robert Molyneux, Parkinson & Frodsham, Thomas Earnshaw and E.J. Dent. The volume also includes five undated lists of makers' estimates for repair from Arnold and Arnold & Dent.
Dates:
1825-07-25
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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Letter confirming receipt of Mudge chronometer No. 4 and Earnshaw chronometer No. 363, 1828-03-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 69-70
Scope and Contents
Sent from William Johnson to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-03-04
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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Letter from Captain James Bowen to Evan Nepean, 1796-02-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 162-163
Scope and Contents
Written in support of a timekeeper by Thomas Mudge put on board the HMS Glory.
Dates:
1796-02-10
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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Letter from Evan Nepean to William Wales, 1795-12-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 161
Scope and Contents
Concerning Thomas Mudge's proposal to supply the Royal Navy with timekeepers made upon the principle invented by his late father.
Dates:
1795-12-08
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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Letter from Evan Nepean to William Wales, 1796-02-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 164
Scope and Contents
Concerning a favourable report on a timekeeper by Thomas Mudge.
Dates:
1796-02-11
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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Letter from Evan Nepean to William Wales, 1796-08-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 165
Scope and Contents
Concerning a report by Lord Hugh Seymour on timekeepers put on board the HMS Sans Pareil.
Dates:
1796-08-19
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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Letter from Thomas Hurd to John Pond, 1821-09-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 4-6
Scope and Contents
The letter includes a list of government owned timekeepers and the ships they were consigned to [RGO 5/229: 5-6].
Dates:
1821-09-03
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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Letter from Thomas Mudge (junior) to [the Board of Longitude], 1790-11-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 157-158
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.
Dates:
1790-11-24
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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Memorial of Thomas Mudge, watchmaker, 1791-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 159-160
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.
Dates:
1791-06
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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Mudge's Watches, 1774 - 1780
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/312: 48-71
Scope and Contents
Daily rating of Mudge's watch, 14 December 1774 - 26 February 1778, and comparison of Mudge's 'Green' and 'Blue' time-keepers, 20 April 1779 - 17 July 1780.
Dates:
1774 - 1780
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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Note from John Dyer concerning chronometers by Mudge and Earnshaw issued to the late Admiral Drury and another by Arnold issued to Sir Graham Moore, 1825-07-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 276
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence between the Admiralty Office and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, requesting the loan of chronometers for H M Ships. The principal recipient is John Pond; the principal correspondent is John Barrow. Other correspondents include John Croker, Richard S. Dundas, G. Smith, John Franklin and Sir William Edward Parry.
Dates:
1825-07-06
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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Observations on Mr Mudge's application to parliament for a reward for his timekeepers, 1793
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 176-177
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.
Dates:
1793
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 regarding Thomas Mudge's improvements in chronometers, 1779 - 1796
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 113-179
Scope and Contents
Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.
Dates:
1779 - 1796
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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Printed letter concerning two chronometers for HMS Satellite under Commander R. Smart, 1833-06-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 160
Scope and Contents
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Dates:
1833-06-10
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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Rates for Mudge's first time-keeper, 1774-12-14 - 1778-02-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/312: 100-106
Scope and Contents
Rates for Mudge's first time-keeper from 14 December 1774, and kept daily from 11 November 1776 to 16 February 1778.
Dates:
1774-12-14 - 1778-02-16
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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Report by Lord Hugh Seymour on timekeepers put on board the HMS Sans Pareil, 1796-08-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 167-168
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.
Dates:
1796-08-16
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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Report outlining objections to Mr Mudge's pretensions to a reward from parliament, 1793
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 170-172
Scope and Contents
Signed by members of the Committee of the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1793
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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Report outlining objections to Mr Mudge's pretensions to a reward from parliament, 1793
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 173-175
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.
Dates:
1793
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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Rough minutes of Board of Longitude meetings, 1767 - 1818
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/3: 5-173
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda and lists of members, mentioning, among many others, Samuel Flinders, Leonhard Euler and Thomas Mudge.
Dates:
1767 - 1818
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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Rough notes on the workings of Mr Harrison's time-keeper, 1765
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/152: 1-3
Scope and Contents
These include queries made by Maskelyne to John Harrison, with notes on Harrison's replies. The notes were numbered by Maskelyne for subsequent reordering.
Dates:
1765
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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Separate daily rates of Mudge's 'Green' and 'Blue' time-keepers, 1779-04-20 - 1780-07-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/312: 107-116
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Nine exercise books bound together, containing the rating of chronometers and watches.
Dates:
1779-04-20 - 1780-07-17
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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Tables on the rates of Mr Mudge's Green and Blue timekeepers, 1783 - 1789
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 114a-118
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.
Dates:
1783 - 1789
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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