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Foster, Henry, 1796 - 1831 (Commander Royal Navy, geophysicist)

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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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Accounts relating to Lieutenant Henry Foster's pendulum experiments, 1824 - 1828

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/16: 335-346
Scope and Contents From the File:

The accounts of printers and publishers for Board of Longitude publications, with miscellaneous accounts.

Dates: 1824 - 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).
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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

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 36v
Scope and Contents From the Item:

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.

Dates: 1827-03-24
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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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

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 42v/1
Scope and Contents From the Item:

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.

Dates: 1828-03-25
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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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

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 42r/2
Scope and Contents From the Item:

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.

Dates: 1828-02-15
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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Dr Thomas Young's Vouchers, 1825 - 1827

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/20: 682-781
Scope and Contents From the File:

Vouchers of Dr Thomas Young for payments to tradesmen and others. Also includes occasional correspondence.

Dates: 1825 - 1827
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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Dr Thomas Young's Vouchers, 1824 - 1828

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/20: 783-912
Scope and Contents From the File:

Vouchers of Dr Thomas Young for payments to tradesmen and others. Also includes occasional correspondence.

Dates: 1824 - 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).
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Letter concerning twelve chronometers for HMS Chanticleer under Captain Henry Foster, 1828-02-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 71
Scope and Contents

Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.

Dates: 1828-02-07
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 on Edward Sabine's longitude stations, 1822 - 1823

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/50
Scope and Contents

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].

Dates: 1822 - 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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