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Demands for stores, 1955 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/314
Scope and Contents
Demands for stores from the Royal Greenwich Observatory to the Admiralty Co-ordinating Office (R.C.S.C.), Admiralty Signal and Radar Establishment, giving a description of the stores and the quantity required.
Dates:
1955 - 1956
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Eclipse maps, 1950 - 1958
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/77
Scope and Contents
Maps printed by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty marked up to show the path of eclipses:Map of the East Siberian Sea, Northern Russia and North America depicting the path of the total eclipse of 12 September 1950.Map of the North Pacific Ocean depicting the path of the total eclipse of 12 September 1950.Map of the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Central and South America depicting the path of annular eclipse of 7 March 1951.Map of Southern Africa and the...
Dates:
1950 - 1958
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Financial correspondence, 1863 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/15
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning salaries of staff and other financial matters:Correspondence between Sir George Airy and the Right Honourable G.W. Hunt M.P. discussing the Astronomer Royal's salary, 1875.Correspondence concerning the Astronomer Royal's salary cheque for 1876.Correspondence concerning an application by the Astronomer Royal to the Admiralty for the imprest of the petty cash to be raised to £600, 1876.Correspondence concerning an application by A....
Dates:
1863 - 1899
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Harton pendulum experiments, 1854 - 1877
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/212
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, letters A-L, regarding pendulum experiments at Harton, including a letter to the Academie des Sciences, correspondence with the Admiralty, and correspondence with, among others, J. Anderson, G.A. Biddell, J.R. Hind, R.C. Carrington, Professor J. Challis, G.S. Criswick, E. Dunkin, W. Ellis, Professor M. Faraday, J. Glaisher, E. Green, Sir John Herschel, Lt Col. James and M.J. Johnson.
Dates:
1854 - 1877
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Letter and proposal sent from Thomas Johnstone to the Admiralty, 1806-04-24
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 249-250
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Four letters and a proposal.
Dates:
1806-04-24
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Letter book containing outgoing correspondence, 1782 - 1810
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/9
Scope and Contents
Outgoing correspondence regarding many astronomical and nautical subjects, including accounts with printers, the production of the 'Nautical Almanac', expeditions to Australia, a reward for a method of making glass of a sufficient quality for instruments, the trial of various timepieces and their employment on board Royal Navy vessels, replies to projectors proposing various methods of finding longitude at sea, and instructions for astronomers (including William Gooch on board the Daedalus...
Dates:
1782 - 1810
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Letter concerning comparative trials of the sounding instruments of Burt and Massey, 1814-03-08
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 173
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from the Admiralty Office to Sir John Barrow [Second Secretary of the Admiralty] containing an extract from the proceedings of the Board of Longitude, requesting that the Admiralty arrange a comparative trial of the sounding instruments of Peter Burt and Edward Massey.
Dates:
1814-03-08
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Letter concerning Edward Massey, 1811 - 1815
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 122-123
Scope and Contents
Letter to Captain Thomas Hurd from the Admiralty Office on behalf of [Charles Philip] Yorke, First Lord of the Admiralty, originally enclosing a letter and memorial from Massey to be laid before the Board.
Dates:
1811 - 1815
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Letter from Christian Siemers to the Admiralty, 1815-04-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 329-330
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters; one of which bears a note on the reverse that his proposal was rejected [RGO 14/38: 332v].
Dates:
1815-04-12
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Letter from David Kirkpatrick to Dr Thomas Young, 1826-09-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 435-436
Scope and Contents
On finding the longitude by the moon's meridian altitude.
Dates:
1826-09-05
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Letter from H.C. Jennings on the log glass, 1817-09-30
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 206-207
Scope and Contents
Letter to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty originally enclosing his observations on improvements to the log glass, log reel and log-ship, and observations on the compass. The enclosures are at [RGO 14/31: 201-203].
Dates:
1817-09-30
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Letter from James Haviland to the Admiralty, 1820-03-13
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 364-365
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters from Haviland on an invention by his friend (unnamed); with a related letter from John Barrow.
Dates:
1820-03-13
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Letter from John Barrow to the Admiralty Office, 1822
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/1: 226-228
Scope and Contents
The letter refers to the award of 100 guineas to Dr Franks for his work in determining the longitude of the island of Madeira.
Dates:
1822
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Letter from John Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-06-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 26-27
Scope and Contents
Concerning the superintendence of chronometers given to the Hydrographer.
Dates:
1819-06-20
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Item
Letter from John George Hartley to the Admiralty, 1821-09-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 382-383
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters from Hartley, with two related letters from John Barrow and [Henry Kater].
Dates:
1821-09-03
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Letter from John George Hartley to the Admiralty, 1823-04-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 418-419
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters.
Dates:
1823-04-15
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Letter from Joseph Emmanuel Pellizer to the Board of the Admiralty, 1801-09-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 130-131
Scope and Contents
Outlining his 'new and good method of finding the longitude'.
Dates:
1801-09-20
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Letter from Mark Standerwick to the Admiralty, 1805-06-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 238
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters concerning a new instrument for ascertaining longitude, of which he had made a model.
Dates:
1805-06-06
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Letter from the Admiralty Office to Edward Massey, 1815-06-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 139
Scope and Contents
Informing Massey that his memorial and letter on his perpetual log and sounding machine had been presented to the Commissioners of Longitude.
Dates:
1815-06-02
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Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1819-10-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 304-305
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
24 letters, with related papers and observations.
Dates:
1819-10-31
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Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1826-09-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 325-327
Scope and Contents
Enclosing an example of his method for ascertaining longitude.
Dates:
1826-09-23
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Letter from Thomas Johnstone to the Admiralty, 1806-01-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 243-244
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Four letters and a proposal.
Dates:
1806-01-25
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Letter from Thomas Johnstone to the Admiralty, 1806-02-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 245-246
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Four letters and a proposal.
Dates:
1806-02-06
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Letter from Thomas Johnstone to the Admiralty, 1806-03-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 247-248
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Four letters and a proposal.
Dates:
1806-03-03
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Letter from [William] Thompson to [the Admiralty], 1817-09-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 230-233
Scope and Contents
Enclosing an example of his method of finding longitude.
Dates:
1817-09-11
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