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Account of the going of Mr Mudge's Green and Blue timekeepers at the Royal Observatory, 1779-1780, 1779 - 1780
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 119-125
Scope and Contents
Copied by the Admiralty Office.
Dates:
1779 - 1780
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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Account of the going of Mr Mudge's Green and Blue timekeepers at the Royal Observatory, 1783-1784, 1792-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 133-141
Scope and Contents
Copied by the Admiralty Office in 1792.
Dates:
1792-05
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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Accounts of the going of Mr Mudge's Green and Blue timekeepers at the Royal Observatory, 1789-1790, 1789 - 1790
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 149-156
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.
Dates:
1789 - 1790
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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Cambridge University Library
Sub-Series
Admiralty and Civil Service publications, 1919 - 1953
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/358
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection contains a wide range of papers relating to the activities of the Nautical Almanac Office, dating predominantly from the twentieth century. A significant part of the material concerns the production of publications, including the 'Nautical Almanac', 'Air Almanac', 'Star Almanac' 'Astronomical Ephemeris' and 'Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars'. The remaining papers include, among others, various astronomical tables, including calculations of the Sun, Moon, planets and...
Dates:
1919 - 1953
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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Admiralty chronometer six day book, 1821 - 1827
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/232
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:
1821 - 1827
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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Cambridge University Library
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Admiralty chronometers account book, 1821 - 1828
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/240
Scope and Contents
The Royal Observatory Admiralty chronometers account book recording payments made to chronometer makers.
Dates:
1821 - 1828
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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Cambridge University Library
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Admiralty Computing Service reports, 1943 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/95
Scope and Contents
An incomplete standard set of the Nautical Almanac Library's Admiralty Computing Service reports in two main series, ACS nos 1 to 50 and ACS nos 51 to 99, with several later reports. There are typescript lists of the contents of the main series, including a record of which items are missing. The following reports are included:1. Announcement of the formation of the A.C.S.2. Computational facilities available at the N.A.O.3. Relations between the parameters of normal...
Dates:
1943 - 1947
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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Cambridge University Library
File
Admiralty: control of Fleet, 1950-08 - 1960-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROSK 4/2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
[?] Papers used in the official naval history of the Second World War.
Dates:
1950-08 - 1960-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Admiralty correspondence, 1835 - 1844
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/72
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Admiralty concerning money grants and salaries:Letters and estimates of work needing to be done at the Royal Observatory, 1835-1844, including an estimate of the amount needed to update the library, an estimate of the cost of painting the inside of the domes, and an estimate of the work needing to be done to the zenith tube. There is also a letter from John Pond, received 13 January 1836, concerning the hothouse.Letters and notes relating to...
Dates:
1835 - 1844
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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Cambridge University Library
File
Admiralty correspondence, 1845 - 1848
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/73
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Admiralty concerning money grants and salaries:
Letters and estimates on work needing to be done at the Royal Observatory, 1845-1848, with correspondence on assistants and their salaries, and an Act of Parliament concerning superannuation dated 25 July 1834.
Letters and notes relating to salaries, 1846-1848, including letters on the final payments to Mr Richardson and notes on salary bills.
Dates:
1845 - 1848
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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File
Admiralty correspondence, 1849 - 1855
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/74
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Admiralty concerning money grants and salaries:Correspondence between Airy and the Admiralty on the excess of outlay over estimate for 'the Xmas Quarter 1848', 1849.Letters of approval, 1849, for Airy's scheme for the payment of salaries, etc., for the financial year 1849-1850.Letters concerning the increased payment to the Kent Waterworks for a constant supply of water at a high pressure, 1849.Letter from Airy to the Admiralty, 1850,...
Dates:
1849 - 1855
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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Admiralty correspondence, 1855 - 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/75
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Admiralty concerning money grants and salaries:Letters and a printed address to the Visitors regarding the need for a new south-east equatorial, 1855.Letter applying to the Treasury to allow the object glass of the new south-east equatorial to pass customs free of duty, 1857.Letters concerning the need to increase the Imprest Fund from £150 to £400, 1856.Letters concerning an increase in salary to the Astronomer Royal,...
Dates:
1855 - 1860
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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Admiralty correspondence, 1861 - 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/76
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Admiralty concerning money grants and salaries:Letters concerning an increase in the salaries of J. Carpenter and W. Lynn, 1862.Printed letter from the Admiralty asking for the names and details of the employees at the Royal Observatory, 1863.Correspondence concerning a proposed new scale of salaries for the assistants of the Royal Observatory and the subsequent increase in pay, 1864-1866.Letters concerning the need to increase the...
Dates:
1861 - 1875
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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Item
Admiralty instructions for the use of chronometers supplied to His Majesty's Ships, 1819
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 100-105
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two sets of handwritten instructions.
Dates:
1819
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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Item
Admiralty instructions to officers commanding His Majesty's Ships supplied with chronometers, 1819
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 89-99
Scope and Contents
With two appendices.
Dates:
1819
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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File
Admiralty memoranda, 1939 - 1954
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/357
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection contains a wide range of papers relating to the activities of the Nautical Almanac Office, dating predominantly from the twentieth century. A significant part of the material concerns the production of publications, including the 'Nautical Almanac', 'Air Almanac', 'Star Almanac' 'Astronomical Ephemeris' and 'Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars'. The remaining papers include, among others, various astronomical tables, including calculations of the Sun, Moon, planets and...
Dates:
1939 - 1954
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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Cambridge University Library
File
Admiralty organisation, 1950-08 - 1960-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROSK 4/1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
[?] Papers used in the official naval history of the Second World War.
Dates:
1950-08 - 1960-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
File
Admiralty papers on chronometers, 1825 - 1830
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230
Scope and Contents
Admiralty papers sent to Pond concerning the fitting out of H M Ships with chronometers.
Dates:
1825 - 1830
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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File
Admiralty papers on chronometers, 1822 - 1835
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/231
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:
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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Cambridge University Library
File
Annual estimates of expenditure, 1886 - 1900
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/16
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the annual estimate of expenses incurred by the Royal Observatory and the submission to the Admiralty of annual draft estimates of expenditure. The letters are grouped by financial year, with each section listing the items of expense and give details of any extraordinary expenses.(1) Estimated expenditure for the financial year 1886-1887, including: 1. Amounts of individual salaries of Royal Observatory staff.2. First instalments of payment...
Dates:
1886 - 1900
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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File
Annual estimates of expenditure, 1900 - 1913
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/17
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the annual estimate of expenses incurred by the Royal Observatory and the submission to the Admiralty of annual draft estimates of expenditure. The letters are grouped by financial year, with each section listing the items of expense and give details of any extraordinary expenses.(1) Estimated expenditure for the financial year 1900-1901, including:1. Comparison of votes and expenditure.2. Estimated cost of Assistants' salaries3....
Dates:
1900 - 1913
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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File
Appointments lists, 1960 - 1966
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/918
Scope and Contents
C.E. Appointments Lists issued by the Admiralty, Bath, for civil staff, including those employed at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, listing 'name', 'rank', 'where serving', 'appointment, promotion, etc.' and 'date and remarks'.
Dates:
1960 - 1966
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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Item
"At the Admiralty", 1939-11-17
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 3/3/77
Scope and Contents
Photograph of WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, taking a meeting in the Admiralty Board Room. Present around the table (from left to right, according to the caption) are: Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary; Admiral Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff; Admiral Sir Alexander Ramsey, 5th Sea Lord; Rear Admiral Thomas Phillips, Vice Chief of Naval Staff; Admiral of the Fleet Sir [Alfred] Dudley Pound, 1st Sea Lord; Sir [James] Sidney Barnes, Deputy...
Dates:
1939-11-17
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Item
Calculations of the total variation of Mr Mudge's timekeeper called Blue, 1783-1784, 1783 - 1784
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 142-148
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.
Dates:
1783 - 1784
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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Item
Calculations of the total variation of Mr Mudge's timekeeper called Green, 1783-1784, 1783 - 1784
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 126-132
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.
Dates:
1783 - 1784
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library