Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Records: 1 - 8 of 8

 Item

Questions asked of Mr Arnold relative to his specification of his father's timekeeper, 1805-07-08

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 265-270
Scope and Contents

With Arnold's answers.

Dates: 1805-07-08
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

Questions proposed to Mr Arnold relative to his explanation of his timekeeper, 1803 - 1804

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 263-264
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 - 1804
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

Questions proposed to Mr Arnold with his answers, 1803-06-02

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 252-253
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: 1803-06-02
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).
 Item

Remarks made by James Petto, 1805

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/26: 186-202
Scope and Contents

Printed paper by Arnold with a single annotation by Petto [RGO 14/26: 188]. The paper is preceded by a letter to Petto from Nevil Maskelyne.

Dates: 1805
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

Remarks made by John Barwise, 1805

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/26: 21-37
Scope and Contents

Printed paper by Arnold with a single annotation by Barwise [RGO 14/26: 33v]. The paper is preceded by a letter to Barwise from Nevil Maskelyne.

Dates: 1805
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

Remarks made by John Grant, 1805

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/26: 58-74b
Scope and Contents

Printed paper by Arnold which was sent to Grant by Nevil Maskelyne; a note by [George Gilpin] records that Mr Grant did not see it necessary to make any remarks upon it [RGO 14/26: 59].

Dates: 1805
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

Remarks made by Louis Recordon, 1805

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/26: 204-220
Scope and Contents

Printed paper by Arnold with annotations by Recordon. The paper is preceded by a letter to Recordon from Nevil Maskelyne.

Dates: 1805
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

Remarks made by Peter Grimaldi, 1805

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/26: 76-92b
Scope and Contents

Printed paper by Arnold with annotations by Grimaldi. The paper is preceded by a letter to Grimaldi from Nevil Maskelyne.

Dates: 1805
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).

Filtered By

  • Names: Arnold, John Roger, 1769 - 1843 (watch and chronometer maker) X
  • Names: Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732 - 1811 (astronomer and mathematician) X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
London 1
 
Names
Arnold, John, c1736 - 1799 (watch and chronometer maker) 2
Barwise, John, fl1790 - 1841 (chronometer maker) 1
Gilpin, George, 1810 (Secretary to the Board of Longitude) 1
Grant, John, 1810 (watchmaker) 1
Grimaldi, Peter, fl1805 (watchmaker) 1