Foster, Henry, 1796 - 1831 (Commander Royal Navy, geophysicist)
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Accounts relating to Lieutenant Henry Foster's pendulum experiments, 1824 - 1828
The accounts of printers and publishers for Board of Longitude publications, with miscellaneous accounts.
Copy of a letter concerning a misunderstanding which led to Captain Foster ordering four chronometers for HMS Hecla without permission of the Admiralty, 1827-03-24
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Copy of a letter to James Inman requesting that the chronometer McCabe No. 167 be issued to HMS Chanticleer under Commander Foster, 1828-03-25
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning chronometers for HMS Hecla under Commander T. Boteler and HMS Chanticleer under Commander Foster, 1828-02-15
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Dr Thomas Young's Vouchers, 1825 - 1827
Vouchers of Dr Thomas Young for payments to tradesmen and others. Also includes occasional correspondence.
Dr Thomas Young's Vouchers, 1824 - 1828
Vouchers of Dr Thomas Young for payments to tradesmen and others. Also includes occasional correspondence.
Letter concerning twelve chronometers for HMS Chanticleer under Captain Henry Foster, 1828-02-07
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Papers on Edward Sabine's longitude stations, 1822 - 1823
Papers regarding Edward Sabine's longitude stations. The stations mentioned are Sierra Leone [RGO 14/50: 3-25]; Island of St Thomas [RGO 14/50: 26-36]; Ascension Island [RGO 14/50: 37-52]; Bahia [RGO 14/50: 53-66]; Maranham [RGO 14/50: 67-82]; Trinidad [RGO 14/50: 83-98]; Port Royal, Jamaica [RGO 14/50: 99-125]; Spitzbergen [RGO 14/50: 126v-128v]; East Greenland [RGO 14/50: 129v-141v]; and Drontheim [RGO 14/50: 142v-149].
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