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Letter from Joseph Forrest to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-12-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 594
Scope and Contents

In which Forrest outlines his previous communication with the Board and offers to make a globe which he could describe to them better than explaining his ideas in writing. He also mentions that he was a mechanic with no formal training in astronomy or mathematics.

Dates: 1827-12-05
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Letter from Joseph Forrest to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-11-21 - 1827-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 595-596
Scope and Contents

In which Forrest outlines his previous communication with the Board and offers to make a globe which he could describe to them better than explaining his ideas in writing. He also mentions that he was a mechanic with no formal training in astronomy or mathematics.

Dates: 1827-11-21 - 1827-11
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Letter from Joseph Planta to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-03-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 176-177
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Includes a proposal, printed works and colour drawings by Wedel, and correspondence about laying his papers before the House of Commons.

Dates: 1822-03-15
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Letter from Lazarus Cohen to Dr Thomas Young, 1825-01-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 49
Scope and Contents

Concerning an account on the winds.

Dates: 1825-01-06
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Letter from Lazarus Cohen to Dr Thomas Young, 1825-02-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 50
Scope and Contents

Concerning the continuation of his 'New System of Astronomy'.

Dates: 1825-02-10
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 from Le Duc Duhamel to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-10-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 477
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Six letters and two papers on his method of ascertaining the exact loss or gain of two chronometers, with a related newspaper extract.

Dates: 1827-10-23
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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Letter from Le Duc Duhamel to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-01-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 489-490
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Six letters and two papers on his method of ascertaining the exact loss or gain of two chronometers, with a related newspaper extract.

Dates: 1828-01-29
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Letter from Lieutenant Couch to Dr Thomas Young, 1825-12-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 39-39a
Scope and Contents From the Sub-file:

With an index of names.

Dates: 1825-12-02
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 from Malcolm Cowan to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-01-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 467
Scope and Contents

Enclosing the plan at [RGO 14/24: 468].

Dates: 1823-01-22
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Letter from Monsieur Duhamel to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-05-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 371-372
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Two letters and a printed paper on finding the longitude by the moon's transit or distance from the meridian.

Dates: 1820-05-03
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 from Mr Fenzano to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-09-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 68-68a
Scope and Contents From the Sub-file :

With an index of names.

Dates: 1823-09-19
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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Letter from Parkinson and Frodsham to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-03-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 386-387
Scope and Contents

Stating their claim to have made a chronometer sent out with Captain Parry.

Dates: 1821-03-27
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 from Parkinson and Frodsham to Dr Young, 1821-03-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 388
Scope and Contents

Enclosing a statement and a letter to the Board of Longitude; see [RGO 14/24: 389-392].

Dates: 1821-03-29
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 from Patrick Leahy to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-11-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 215
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Three letters and a proposal.

Dates: 1822-11-03
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 from Patrick Leahy to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-11-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 216-217
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Three letters and a proposal.

Dates: 1822-11-07
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 from Patrick Scully to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-08-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 189-191
Scope and Contents

Writing on behalf of Fearon Fallows who was ill, giving news of their activity at Cape Town, of the site of the new observatory, of the difficult conditions in which they had to work, and of the safe arrival of a telescope by Dollond.

Dates: 1822-08-08
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Letter from Peter Lecount to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-02-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 96-96a
Scope and Contents From the Sub-file:

With an index of names.

Dates: 1823-02-06
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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Letter from Peter Lecount to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-08-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 93
Scope and Contents

Concerning a trial of his marine chair.

Dates: 1821-08-12
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Letter from Peter Lecount to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-11-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 94
Scope and Contents

Concerning trials of his method of observing the eclipse of Jupiter's satellites.

Dates: 1821-11-10
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Letter from Peter Lecount to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-01-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 95
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Six letters and a related paper.

Dates: 1823-01-08
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Letter from R. Raines-Baines to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 229-230
Scope and Contents

Requesting that the Board of Longitude consider his invention of a sea perambulator and an accompanying machine adapted to produce results at sea. He states that he had made significant improvements to his invention since obtaining a patent.

Dates: 1819-03-29
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Letter from R. Raines-Baines to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-04-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 231-231a
Scope and Contents

Enquiring whether the Board of Longitude had made a decision on the machines he had presented.

Dates: 1819-04-17
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Letter from R. Raines-Baines to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-05-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 232-232a
Scope and Contents

Informing him of news that his perambulator had saved the HMS Comilion [Chameleon?] and two merchant vessels from running aground. He asks that Young submit this testimonial to the Board.

Dates: 1819-05-24
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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-13

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 108-109
Scope and Contents

Concerning books and papers sent for the Cape Observatory, requesting a better clock, and giving news of the establishment of the observatory.

Dates: 1822-06-13
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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-03-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 113-114
Scope and Contents

Reporting on his activities concerning the establishment of the Cape Observatory.

Dates: 1823-03-06
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Barrow, John, Sir, 1764 - 1848 (1st Baronet, Secretary of the Admiralty) 61
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope 59
Fallows, Fearon, c1788 - 1831 (astronomer) 29
Dollond, George, 1774 - 1852 (maker of optical and scientific instruments) 15
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Dunkin, William, fl1815 - 1828 (computer) 9
Jenkins, Henry, fl1819 - 1828 (computer) 9
Taylor, Thomas Glanville, 1804 - 1848 (astronomer) 9
Brown, Thomas, fl1809 - 1828 (computer) 8
Edwards, Eliza, fl1815 - 1829 (computer) 8
James, Nicholas, fl1799 - 1828 (computer and schoolmaster) 8
Lecount, Peter, 1794 - 1852 (Naval Officer) 8
Baylee, John Tyrrell, fl1807 - 1824 (Quaker schoolmaster and petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 7
Chinnery, J F, fl1821 - 1829 (custom house agent) 7
Fosbury, James, fl1819 - 1823 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 7
Lester, William, fl1820 - 1821 (engineer) 7
Longman and Dickinson 7
Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790 - 1855 (Knight, naval officer and Arctic explorer) 7
Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) 7
Taylor, Thomas J, 1772 (assistant at Royal Observatory) 7
Wood, William, fl1819 - 1821 (Lieutenant Royal Navy) 7
Kater, Henry, 1777 - 1835 (geodesist and metrologist) 6
Martyn, Richard, fl1808 - 1828 (computer) 6
Parramatta Observatory, New South Wales 6
Carey, George, fl1821 - 1824 (teacher of mathematics) 5
Croaker, Henry, fl1818 - 1820 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 5
Garrard, William, fl1788 - 1828 (astronomer and schoolmaster) 5
Hudson, Charles, fl1820 - 1831 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 5
Scrymgeour, James, fl1816 - 1837 (clockmaker) 5
Troughton, Edward, 1753 - 1835 (scientific instrument maker) 5
Blackburn, Charles, fl1821 - 1824 (master of mathematics at the Royal Naval College) 4
Couch, John, fl1818 - 1825 (naval officer) 4
Hedgcock, Thomas, fl1812 - 1827 (Master, Royal Navy) 4
Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1792 - 1871 (Knight, astronomer) 4
Lee, Stephen, fl1813 - 1834 (Assistant Secretary, Royal Society) 4
Lindesay, George, fl1818 - 1826 (Lieutenant Royal Navy) 4
Massey, Edward, c1768 - 1852 (nautical instrument maker) 4
Meikle, Henry, fl1818 - 1820 (computer) 4
Richardson, William, fl1829 - 1835 (astronomer) 4
Royal Danish Sea Chart Office 4
South, James, Sir, 1785 - 1867 (Knight, astronomer) 4
Ulrich, John Gottlieb, fl1823 (chronometer maker) 4
Abram, John, fl1811 - 1825 (teacher of navigation, astronomy and mathematics) 3
Baily, Francis, 1774 - 1844 (stockbroker and astronomer) 3
Baines, Robert Raines ((fl 1817-1819) glue-manufacturer and inventor) 3
Barlow, Joseph, fl1817 - 1822 (second master, Royal Navy) 3
Barnes, William, fl1823 (Lieutenant Royal Navy) 3
Basire, James, 1730 - 1802 (engraver) 3
Carr, John, fl1795 - 1825 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 3
Cohen, Lazarus, 1763 - 1834 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 3
Cook, Thomas, fl1828 (naval instrument maker) 3
Cragg, William, fl1818 - 1828 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 3
Davies, John, fl1825 - 1826 (farmer and petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 3
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778 - 1829 (1st Baronet, physicist) 3
Duhamel, Le Duc, fl1822 - 1828 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 3
Forrest, Joseph, fl1827 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 3
Gilbert, Davies, 1767 - 1839 (MP, scientist and antiquary) 3
Glasgow Astronomical Society 3
Hardy, William, 1832 (horologist) 3
Henderson, Thomas, 1798 - 1844 (astronomer) 3
Hiller, Caleb, fl1819 (Officer Royal Navy) 3
Hunt, Seth, fl1817 - 1819 (inventor) 3
John Murray, publishers 3
Leslie, James, fl1821 (mathematician) 3
Pond, John, 1767 - 1836 (astronomer) 3
Rumker, Christian Carl Ludwig, 1788 - 1862 (astronomer) 3
Scully, Patrick, fl1822 - 1824 (clergyman and assistant at the Cape Observatory) 3
Templeton, Andrew, fl1827 (administrator, Glasgow Astronomical Society) 3
Tiarks, Johann Ludwig, 1789 - 1837 (astronomer and surveyor) 3
Titford, William Jowett, 1784 - 1823 (accountant and botanist) 3
Walker, Ezekiel, fl1783 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 3
Admiralty 2
Airy, George Biddell, Sir, 1801 - 1892 (Knight, astronomer) 2
Babbage, Charles, 1791 - 1871 (mathematician) 2
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743 - 1820 (Baronet, naturalist) 2
Barton, Charles, fl1823 (midshipman, Royal Navy) 2
Bliss, Nathaniel, 1700 - 1764 (astronomer) 2
Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall, Sir, 1773 - 1860 (governor of New South Wales) 2
Budgen, John, fl1828 (Lieutenant Royal Navy) 2
Burns, James, fl1823 (mechanic) 2
Burstal, Richard, fl1823 (Master Royal Navy) 2
Cole, John, fl1822 - 1823 (purser Royal Navy) 2
Faraday, Michael, 1791 - 1867 (natural philosopher) 2
Fayrer, James, fl1820 (assistant at the Cape Observatory) 2
Fitt, James, fl1784 - 1828 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 2
Foster, Henry, 1796 - 1831 (Commander Royal Navy, geophysicist) 2
Groombridge, Stephen, 1755 - 1832 (astronomer) 2
HMS Harpy, revenue cutter 2
HMS Prince Regent, ship of the line (1823-1873) 2
HMS Queen Charlotte 2
Hall, Basil, 1788 - 1844 (Captain Royal Navy, author) 2
Hartley, John George, fl1821 - 1823 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 2
Kirkwood, James, fl1818 - 1819 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 2
Leahy, Patrick, 1780 - 1859 (civil engineer and county surveyor of Cork) 2
Maclear, Thomas, Sir, 1794 - 1879 (Knight, astronomer) 2
Marshall, John, fl1812 - 1823 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude) 2
Martin, Thomas Byam, Sir, 1773 - 1854 (Knight Admiral of the Fleet) 2
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