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Owing to an order by Mr Airy to refuse all visitors.

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Account book, partly in the hand of his daughter Margaret, listing rental income and a variety of personal and household expenses, alongside those relating to his official duties as Astronomer Royal. Includes three enclosures.

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Asking her to explain to Margaret Story-Maskelyne the circumstances under which she was refused entry to the Royal Observatory Greenwich and thanking Margaret for information concerning the discovery of Flamsteed's well.

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Owing to an order by Mr Airy to refuse all visitors.

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Notebook comprised mainly of remedies for scurvy, colds, vapours, sore feet, chilblains and various illnesses, with household hints and tips including recipes for the production of blue and black inks, tooth powder and an inhaler liquid for clearing blocked nasal passages. It also includes a note on the death of William Wales, notes on observations made, on his assistants, on visitors to Greenwich and on improvements to a reflector made by Dr Herschel.

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Notebook containing remedies for colds, sore feet, spasms, etc., notes on his own health and the health of his daughter Margaret Maskelyne, on the duties of his household servants and domestic matters, on accounts including payments to assistants for work done, on observations made, directions for printing his observations, and notes on how to operate the shutter of the observing room, etc.

Scope and Contents Notebook containing notes on various subjects including the health of Nevil Maskelyne and Margaret Maskelyne's serious illness, many remedies to relieve illness such as colds, chilblains and scurvy, notes on the repair and maintenance of Nevil Maskelyne's watches, notes on his assistants, and notes on observations made. There is also a list of wages paid, a list of silverware, a list of items received from Lieutenant Dawes (mainly astronomical instruments), a shopping list, a list of items...

Scope and Contents A collection of papers of Nevil Maskelyne and letters relating to his family, including the extended family (by marriage) of his daughter, Margaret Story-Maskelyne. The collection includes an account and diary of a voyage to India mentioning Nevil Maskelyne and Lord Clive, twelve memoranda books and one account book belonging to Maskelyne, and a catalogue and list of his books. There is also a set of documents relating to the Royal Observatory Greenwich. The letters include...