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Letter confirming that two chronometers have been dispatched for His Majesty's Service, 1828-08-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 84
Scope and Contents
Sent from Richard Webster to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-08-26
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Letter consenting to sale of chronometer to the government, 1829-09-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 129
Scope and Contents
Sent from Peter Des Granges to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-09-05
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter criticising decision to withdraw some chronometers from trial, 1829-09-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 133
Scope and Contents
Only chronometers which were the workmanship of the applicant were permitted to remain in the trial. Sent from John Walker to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-09-07
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter enclosing a bill for the sale of Webster chronometer No. 638, 1826-05-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 45
Scope and Contents
Sent from Richard Webster to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1826-05-15
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter enclosing a list of chronometers and their defects, 1830-09-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 168-169
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Roger Arnold to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1830-09-11
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter enclosing account for sale of chronometer Nos. 168, 169 and 194, 1829-10-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 140
Scope and Contents
Sent from McCabes & Strachan to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-10-01
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from Alexander Becher to Mr Taylor providing a list of lost chronometers, 1829-11-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 181
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Admiralty papers sent to Pond concerning the fitting out of H M Ships with chronometers.
Dates:
1829-11-19
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from John Dyer to Mr Taylor concerning chronometers, 1824-06-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 193
Scope and Contents
From the File:
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.
Dates:
1824-06-12
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Letter from John Roger Arnold vouching that his repair of chronometer No. 2164 would restore the chronometer to its original state, 1828-10-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 45v/2
Scope and Contents
Sent to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-10-22
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-07-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 154-155
Scope and Contents
Informing him of the sudden departure of his assistant Mr Scully, who had left without giving notice after an incident of 'gross immoral conduct' with a young housemaid. Fallows requests that a suitably qualified person 'whose moral character is without stain or blemish' be sent as his replacement, and he recommends Mr Taylor of Greenwich for the position.
Dates:
1824-07-17
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Letter from Thomas Taylor to Captain Kater, 1825-03-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 86
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of chronometers, reports on chronometer trials, and eleven related letters.
Dates:
1825-03-25
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from Thomas Taylor to Dr Thomas Young, 1818-09-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 30-31
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of chronometers, reports on chronometer trials, and eleven related letters.
Dates:
1818-09-14
Conditions Governing Access:
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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:
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Letter of enclosure from A.B. Becher to Thomas Taylor, 1835-05-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231: 305
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:
1835-05-25
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Letter offering chronometers for sale, 1828-07-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 82-83
Scope and Contents
Sent from Henry Gardner to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-07-22
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter querying request from the Royal Observatory to collect chronometer No.765, 1829-09-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 138
Scope and Contents
Sent from Henry Appleton to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-09-16
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Letter reporting condition of chronometer No. 929, 1831-06-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 193
Scope and Contents
Sent from Richard Widenham to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1831-06-06
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Letter reporting cost of repairing a pocket chronometer, 1831-08-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 199
Scope and Contents
Sent from Parkinson & Frodsham to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1831-08-11
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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
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Letter reporting on condition and repairs for chronometer Nos. 3093, 3180 and 4300, 1828-09-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 85
Scope and Contents
Sent from James Moore French to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-09-11
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Letter reporting on condition of a chronometer, 1829-06-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 106
Scope and Contents
Sent from Richard Webster to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-06-11
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter reporting on condition of a chronometer and cost of repair, 1831-11-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 209-209A
Scope and Contents
Sent from Thomas Porthouse to Thomas Taylor. Also includes a letter acknowledging a request for Mr Porthouse to attend the Royal Observatory.
Dates:
1831-11-05
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter reporting on condition of Appleton chronometer No. 45, 1830-12-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 177
Scope and Contents
Sent from Henry Appleton to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1830-12-17
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter reporting on condition of Appleton chronometer No.33 and cost of repairs, 1831-08-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 203
Scope and Contents
Sent from Henry Appleton to Captain Francis Beaufort.
Dates:
1831-08-29
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter reporting on condition of Arnold chronometer Nos. 137, 394 and 397, 1830-08-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 166
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Roger Arnold to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1830-08-31
Conditions Governing Access:
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