Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Records: 1 - 4 of 4

 Item

Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning a request from Joseph Gall, watchman at the Royal Observatory, for extra hay during the winter season, 1824-01-12

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 18r/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: 1824-01-12
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).
 Item

Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning taxes and a bill for the rent of the house at the Royal Observatory, 1829-08-21

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 50r/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: 1829-08-21
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

Letter concerning a request by Barraud & Sons to deposit two chronometers for trial, 1821-12-17

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 19a-20
Scope and Contents

Sent from John Croker to John Pond; with a note attached marked 'Liability for chronometers'.

Dates: 1821-12-17
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

Letter concerning applications by chronometer makers for reception of their chronometers at Greenwich, 1821-12-20

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 21
Scope and Contents

Sent from John Croker to John Pond.

Dates: 1821-12-20
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: Royal Observatory, Greenwich X
  • Names: Croker, John Wilson, 1780 - 1857 (politician and essayist) X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Greenwich 1
 
Names
Barraud, Paul Philip, 1752 - 1820 (watch and chronometer maker) 1
Barraud, William, fl1805 (watchmaker) 1
Gall, Joseph, fl1824 (watchman at the Royal Observatory) 1