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Case with respect to the recovery of observations made by the former Astronomer Royal, 1764, 1764
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 218/3/8
Scope and Contents
With Mr Yorke's opinion dated 10 Nov. 1764.
Dates:
1764
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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File
‘Centenary of the Greenwich Meridian’ stamps: two first day covers, 1984-06-26
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 97/2-3
Scope and Contents
Two first day covers each bearing four stamps issued for the 1984 ‘Centenary of the Greenwich Meridian’. The stamps show: a view of the Earth from the Apollo 11 (16p), a navigational chart of the British Channel (20.5p), the Royal Greenwich Observatory (28p), and Sir George Airy’s Transit Circle (31p). The first set is on an envelope with a printed image of Flamsteed House; the second is on an envelope with a printed image of the Meridian.
Dates:
1984-06-26
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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Series
Cookson Floating Zenith Telescope: ledgers, 1911 - 1936
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 158
Scope and Contents
The observation ledgers collected in this class represent observations made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, from 1911 to 1936. The Cookson Floating Zenith Telescope was manufactured to the design of Bryan Cookson (1874-1909) at the celebrated makers the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company and T. Cooke & Sons of York where the object glass and some of the iron-work was produced (the records of both these companies are retained in the collections of the Department of...
Dates:
1911 - 1936
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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Copies of letters concerning printed astronomical observations, 1774
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 218/3/20
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters concerning printed copies of astronomical observations made by John Flamsteed (30 Nov. 1715) and Nevil Maskelyne (1774).
Dates:
1774
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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Copies of letters sent by Nevil Maskelyne and Lady Clive, 1763 - 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 218/9/5
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters written by Lady Clive to her brother Nevil Maskelyne (three letters dated 1775) and to Edmund Maskelyne (one letter dated 1766); originals are in the volume catalogued at RGO 218/9/1. Also, copies of two letters from Nevil Maskelyne to his brother Edmund (29 Dec. 1763, written from Barbados describing his observatory and experiences) and to Anthony Shepherd (written 15 Oct. 1764 on his return from Barbados, reporting his observations and thanking him for notification of the...
Dates:
1763 - 1917
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 concerning the building of a porter's lodge at the Royal Observatory, 1833
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 56r-56v
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:
1833
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 from the Earl of Sandwich to the Master General of the Ordinance, 1765-03-05 - 1765-03-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 218/3/11
Scope and Contents
Authorising the replacement or repair of defective instruments at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
Dates:
1765-03-05 - 1765-03-06
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 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).
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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
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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).
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Copy of a letter to Mr Webster requesting his attendance at the Observatory in order to open a chronometer he had submitted for trial, 1833-12-07
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 55v
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:
1833-12-07
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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Correspondence on chronometers, 1822 - 1835
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 1-64
Scope and Contents
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:
1822 - 1835
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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Daily rates of Mr Earnshaw's box timekeepers Nos. 1 and 2 (second trial), 1799-10 - 1799-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 302
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
The series also includes two accounts of the rates of watches by Josiah Emory.
Dates:
1799-10 - 1799-11
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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Daily rates of Mr Earnshaw's timekeeper at the Royal Observatory, 1789-07-02 - 1790-04-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 341
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:
1789-07-02 - 1790-04-22
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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Errors of Mr Earnshaw's timekeepers in their third trial, 1801 - 1802
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 329
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
The series also includes two accounts of the rates of watches by Josiah Emory.
Dates:
1801 - 1802
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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Extract of King's Warrant granting Nevil Maskelyne £70 a year for an assistant, 1771-07-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 218/3/19
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Set of documents relating to the Royal Observatory, wrapped in paper marked 'King's warrant of appointment to the Royal Observatory, appointment of visitors and sundry other papers relative to the Royal Observatory'.
Dates:
1771-07-05
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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King's warrant appointing Nevil Maskelyne 'Our Astronomical Observator in our Observatory at Greenwich', 1765-02-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 218/3/9
Scope and Contents
Royal warrant of appointment, detailing Maskelyne's duties and fixing his salary (£100 plus £26 for an assistant or servant). Signed by the Earl of Sandwich and George III.
Dates:
1765-02-08
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).
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King's warrant for the augmentation of the salary of the assistant to the Astronomer Royal, 1810-05-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 218/3/27
Scope and Contents
Warrant increasing the salary of the assistant to Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal at the Royal Observatory Greenwich to £100. Signed by George III.
Dates:
1810-05-01
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 asking which chronometers were at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich and enquiring whether John Harrison's chronometer was there, 1835-03-14
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 292
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection contains a complete set of astronomical observation ledgers, with clock error notes, computation ledgers, star catalogues, weather records and correspondence. There are observations of comets, including measurements taken of Encke's Comet, 1828, and Halley's Comet, 1835, and observations of rockets, made with Sir James South in 1831. The papers include Pond's measurements for his work on the proper motions of stars, stellar parallax and other subjects, as well as substantial...
Dates:
1835-03-14
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 authorising Nevil Maskelyne to continue his leave of absence to complete the Schiehallion experiment, 1774-08-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 218/3/24
Scope and Contents
Signed by William Eden.
Dates:
1774-08-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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File
Letter book containing outgoing correspondence, 1782 - 1810
File
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
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 box chronometer which was to be sent to the Royal Observatory for trial, 1835-07-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 314
Scope and Contents
Sent by Francis Beaufort to Mr Taylor.
Dates:
1835-07-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter concerning a decision to limit the number of chronometers submitted for trial at Greenwich, 1827-06-19
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 29
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1827-06-19
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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:
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Letter concerning an allegation by Mr Hardy of improper treatment of a transit clock he made for the Royal Observatory, 1830-10-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 235
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1830-10-16
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 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).
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