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Young, Thomas, 1773 - 1829 (physician, physicist and egyptologist)

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Found in 330 Collections and/or Records:

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Short paper and letter from John Carr, 1825-12-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 76-77
Scope and Contents

Sent to Dr Thomas Young

Dates: 1825-12-14
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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Stubs from Dr Young's cheque book, 1819 - 1823

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/18: 487-580
Scope and Contents From the File:

Papers regarding payments for work done on behalf of the Board, including some miscellaneous receipts.

Dates: 1819 - 1823
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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Superintendence of the Nautical Almanac after Dr Thomas Young's death, 1829-10-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/22: 102-103
Scope and Contents From the Series: The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates: 1829-10-22
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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W.A. Warre's description of an instrument for taking altitudes without using the horizon, 1825-04-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 345-346*
Scope and Contents From the File:

Correspondence regarding miscellaneous schemes and inventions.

Dates: 1825-04-06
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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W.B. McLeroth on the mariner's compass, 1815 - 1820

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 587-594
Scope and Contents From the File:

Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.

Dates: 1815 - 1820
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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