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Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning Captain White's report on a defective chronometer by Arnold issued to HMS Shamrock, 1824-01-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 19r-19v
Scope and Contents

The reverse of the letter also bears a note on two defective chronometers by Earnshaw (inverted).

Dates: 1824-01-27
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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Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning the purchase of a chronometer by Pennington for Captain White of HMS Shamrock, 1824-02-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 20r/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: 1824-02-02
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).
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Letter concerning a request by Captain White of HMS Shamrock to replace two chronometers by Arnold which required cleaning, 1821-12-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 23
Scope and Contents

Sent from John Croker to John Pond.

Dates: 1821-12-24
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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  • Names: Croker, John Wilson, 1780 - 1857 (politician and essayist) X
  • Names: HMS Shamrock, brig-sloop (1812-1867) X

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Arnold, John Roger, 1769 - 1843 (watch and chronometer maker) 2
Pennington, Robert, c1780 - c1844 (chronometer maker) 1