Parker, Harold, Sir, 1735 - 1812 (6th Baronet and Secretary of the Board of Longitude)
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Benjamin Marston's 'marine dromometer' or instrument for measuring a ship's way at sea, 1791-12-17
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 242-244
Scope and Contents
Letter and proposal.
Dates:
1791-12-17
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).
Item
Letter from F.M. Fyot to Sir Harry Parker, 1785
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 71-71a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-sub-file :
Two letters.
Dates:
1785
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).
Item
Letter from F.M. Fyot to Sir Harry Parker, 1785-07-29
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 72a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-sub-file :
Two letters.
Dates:
1785-07-29
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).
Item
Letter from F.M. Fyot to Sir Henry [Harry] Parker, 1785-06-04
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 53-54
Scope and Contents
Enclosing two copies of a pamphlet on longitude; [RGO 14/53: 55-65] and [RGO 14/53: 66-77].
Dates:
1785-06-04
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).
Item
Letter from Joseph Banks to Harry Parker, 1785-03-17
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 30
Scope and Contents
Concerning Antonio Maria Jaci.
Dates:
1785-03-17
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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GBR/0180/RGO, Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
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Antonio Maria Jaci's method using mercurial clepsydra and a thermometer
Item
Letter from William Weston to Sir Harry Parker, 1785-05-02
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 89
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes a proposal and three letters from Weston to Sir Harry Parker.
Dates:
1785-05-02
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
GBR/0180/RGO, Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
William Weston on a method of finding longitude by means of an artificial meridian
Item
Letter from 'W.J.' to Harry Parker, 1784 - 1828
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 442-444
Scope and Contents
Concerning a method of screening time-keepers from the effects of heat and cold.
Dates:
1784 - 1828
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).
