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Baron Paris de Boisrouvray on a magnetic compass, 1819 - 1822
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 363-385
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:
1819 - 1822
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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G. Rossi de Catanzaro on the quadrature of the circle, 1803
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/54: 361-367
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:
1803
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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G.K. Whaemen's discovery of the ration which the diameter of a circle bears to its periphery, 1796
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/54: 369-372
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:
1796
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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Le Balleurs de L'ovatoire of the University of Angers on some new lunar tables, 1789-06-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/46: 8-10
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding various astronomical and nautical tables.
Dates:
1789-06-01
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 and colour illustration from Joseph Bonasera, 1792-03-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 196-197
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters and two papers, with a related note from Daniel Powell & Sons, a London-based firm which forwarded Bonasera's work to the Board.
Dates:
1792-03-17
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Dr Huet to the Board of Longitude, 1798-08-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 87-88
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Concerning his ideas on the universe, the motion of the heavenly bodies, the currents, and various other subjects. Five letters, two papers and an abstract.
Dates:
1798-08-10
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 from Dr Huet to the Board of Longitude, 1798-11-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 97-98
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Concerning his ideas on the universe, the motion of the heavenly bodies, the currents, and various other subjects. Five letters, two papers and an abstract.
Dates:
1798-11-10
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 from G.W.U. Wedel to the Board of Longitude, 1822-05-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 394-395
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters and a paper.
Dates:
1822-05-12
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 from G.W.U. Wedel to the Board of Longitude, 1826-05-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 396-397
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters and a paper.
Dates:
1826-05-19
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 from J. Riboult, 1822-05-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 404-405
Scope and Contents
Addressed to the members of the English parliament and to the Academy of Sciences.
Dates:
1822-05-15
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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Letter from Joseph Bonasera to the Board of Longitude, 1791-08-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 171-172
Scope and Contents
With a copy of the same.
Dates:
1791-08-27
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 from L. Breguet to Monsieur Kuter [Henry Kater?], 1823-03-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 406-407
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Letter, observations and a drawing.
Dates:
1823-03-29
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).
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Letter from l'Abbé de Pellizer on finding the longitude by transits of the moon, 1789-09-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 363-364a
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:
1789-09-12
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 from Le Duc Duhamel to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-10-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 477
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and two papers on his method of ascertaining the exact loss or gain of two chronometers, with a related newspaper extract.
Dates:
1827-10-23
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 from Le Duc Duhamel to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-01-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 489-490
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and two papers on his method of ascertaining the exact loss or gain of two chronometers, with a related newspaper extract.
Dates:
1828-01-29
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).
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Letter from Le Duc Duhamel to Sir John Barrow, 1827-09-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 475-476
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and two papers on his method of ascertaining the exact loss or gain of two chronometers, with a related newspaper extract.
Dates:
1827-09-04
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).
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Letter from Le Duc Duhamel to the Board of Longitude, 1822-02-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 469-470
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and two papers on his method of ascertaining the exact loss or gain of two chronometers, with a related newspaper extract.
Dates:
1822-02-25
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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Letter from Le Duc Duhamel to the Board of Longitude, 1827-06-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 471-472
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and two papers on his method of ascertaining the exact loss or gain of two chronometers, with a related newspaper extract.
Dates:
1827-06-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Le Duc Duhamel to the Board of Longitude, 1827-08-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 473-474
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and two papers on his method of ascertaining the exact loss or gain of two chronometers, with a related newspaper extract.
Dates:
1827-08-27
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 from Le Roh-Berg-Herr Vousenville, 1798-03-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 165-167
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-sub-file :
Letter and printed prospectus.
Dates:
1798-03-30
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 from Monsieur Duhamel to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-05-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 371-372
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters and a printed paper on finding the longitude by the moon's transit or distance from the meridian.
Dates:
1820-05-03
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 from Monsieur l'Évêque (Nantes) to the Board of Longitude, 1783-02-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 61-62
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file :
With an index of names.
Dates:
1783-02-27
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Mr Blandin to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1813-04-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 23-23a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
With an index of names.
Dates:
1813-04-09
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 from Mr Schönborn to [Sir Harry Parker], 1783 - 1812
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 137-138
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
With an index of names.
Dates:
1783 - 1812
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from P. Carstens Schonegevel to the Board of Longitude, 1811-08-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 162-163
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters, three papers and three newspaper extracts advertising Schonegeval's method for longitude.
Dates:
1811-08-01
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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