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Copy of a letter from W.C. Cox to John Croker about setting up a depot for chronometers at Devonport, 1825-03-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 266-267

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

  • 1825-03-27

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Extent

2 folio(s) (2 ff.) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Cox, W.C.

Original geographic information

Devonport [origination]

Finding aid date

2013-02-22 10:05:34+00:00

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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