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Copy of a letter to Arnold & Dent advising the withdrawal of their claim to have the daily rate cancelled on 22 July, 1835-02-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 61r/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: 1835-02-06
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 Arnold & Dent requesting that they take no action relative to their claim to have the daily rate cancelled for 22 July [1834], 1835-02-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 61r/2
Scope and Contents

For a related letter see [RGO 5/233: 61r/1].

Dates: 1835-02-07
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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Letter listing Arnold chronometers returned by Captain Beaufort, 1834-01-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 228
Scope and Contents

Sent from Arnold and Dent to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1834-01-06
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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Letter reporting on anticipated variation in rates to chronometers following experiment with magnets, 1833-01-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 215
Scope and Contents

Sent from Arnold and Dent to Thomas Taylor. The chronometers listed are Nos. 274, 582, 600, 605, 606, 608, 615 and 657.

Dates: 1833-01-14
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 reporting on condition of Parkinson & Frodsham chronometer No. 699 and cost of repair, 1831-08-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 200
Scope and Contents

Sent from Arnold & Dent to John Pond.

Dates: 1831-08-20
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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List of chronometers held by Arnold and Dent, 1835-01-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 235
Scope and Contents

Sent from Arnold and Dent to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1835-01-23
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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List of chronometers held by Arnold and Dent belonging to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1833-12-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 224
Scope and Contents From the File:

Letters and declarations to Pond from chronometer makers, including Robert Molyneux, Parkinson & Frodsham, Thomas Earnshaw and E.J. Dent. The volume also includes five undated lists of makers' estimates for repair from Arnold and Arnold & Dent.

Dates: 1833-12-19
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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Report of chronometers under repair by Arnold & Dent, 1831-01-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 178
Scope and Contents

Sent from Arnold & Dent to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1831-01-18
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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