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Made in the years 1802 & 1803 on the coast of New Holland by Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders.

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Papers regarding payments for work done on behalf of the Board.

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Book of rough calculations of astronomical observations and of comparisons of the timekeepers, made by Captain Flinders and Lieutenant Ward Flinders. Folios 70-95 are inverted in the volume.

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Book of rough calculations of astronomical observations and accounts of the daily rates of the timekeepers and their errors. Includes observations written on the back of a sales receipt [RGO 14/66/3: 97v] and on the back of a letter from Robert Brine to Lieutenant Flinders [RGO 14/66/3: 107].
Also included is a list of French phases compiled by Captain Flinders while imprisoned on the island of Mauritius [RGO 14/66/3: 56].

Scope and Contents Minutes of Board of Longitude meetings regarding, among other matters, tables devised by José Mendoza de Ríos; correspondence with John Crosley (the astronomer with the expedition to New South Wales); a claim for a reward for Charles Mason's work on lunar tables; a report on the Arnold and Earnshaw chronometers going on the voyage of Captain Matthew Flinders; grants and awards to chronometer-makers; the observations of Nathaniel Bliss when he was Astronomer Royal; models of watch escapements...

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Concerning remuneration for recalculating observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

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Concerning observations by Samuel Ward Flinders and John Crosley on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

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Concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

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Letter from Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders to Captain Robert Fowler, with a copy reply from Fowler (on the reverse).

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Letters, observations and a memorial sent to the Board of Longitude from Captain Matthew Flinders and his brother Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders, relating to their claims to have each served in the role of astronomer on HMS Investigator after the departure of John Crosley. Also, two related letters to Lieutenant Flinders from Robert Brown and Ferdinand Bauer.

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This is the first of three sections of the log book for the voyage; see also [RGO 14/64: 52r-97v] and [RGO 14/64: 99r-106r]. Also included here are unrelated pages from a voyage [of HMS Thetis?] dated 1795-1797.

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This is a continuation of the log book for the voyage, which is in three parts. See also [RGO 14/64: 3r-50v] and [RGO 14/64: 99r-106r].

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Letter to Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders from Ferdinand Bauer, botanical artist on HMS Investigator.

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Letter to Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders from Robert Brown, botanist on HMS Investigator.

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Concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

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Concerning a reward of £200 which he had been offered by the Board of Longitude in return for making observations while on board HMS Investigator.

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Concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

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Concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

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...

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This is a continuation of the log book for the voyage, which is in three parts. The entries cover 7-31 January 1803 while the Investigator was in the Gulf of Carpentaria, at Groote Eylandt and travelling towards Cape Arnhem. Some observations of lunar distance are included.
For earlier sections of the log book, see also [RGO 14/64: 3r-50v] and [RGO 14/64: 52r-97v].

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Sent to the Board of Longitude, concerning his role as astronomer on HMS Investigator.

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The observations form a continuous run, with occasional headings based on location (reproduced here).

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Astronomical observations, calculations, etc., made during voyages of discovery.

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Sent to the Board of Longitude, concerning observations made on a voyage of HMS Investigator.

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...