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Copy of a letter to Captain Beaufort concerning the order to issue a chronometer by Earnshaw to HMS Hermes, 1831-08-29
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.
Copy of a letter to Vice Admiral [?Salford] concerning two chronometers by Earnshaw, 1825-02-24
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.
Letter concerning chronometers which were not on the list of government chronometers, 1827-03-01
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter from Alexander Becher to Mr Taylor providing a list of lost chronometers, 1829-11-19
Admiralty papers sent to Pond concerning the fitting out of H M Ships with chronometers.
Note from John Dyer concerning chronometers by Mudge and Earnshaw issued to the late Admiral Drury and another by Arnold issued to Sir Graham Moore, 1825-07-06
Correspondence between the Admiralty Office and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, requesting the loan of chronometers for H M Ships. The principal recipient is John Pond; the principal correspondent is John Barrow. Other correspondents include John Croker, Richard S. Dundas, G. Smith, John Franklin and Sir William Edward Parry.