Requests for the use of instruments and letters concerning the return of borrowed instruments, 1783 - 1829
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/13: 104-150
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Papers regarding the loan and return of instruments belonging to the Board of Longitude and concerning persons entitled to receive Board publications.
Dates
- 1783 - 1829
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
47 folio(s) (47 ff.) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2011-11-24 17:10:06+00:00
Creator
- Huddart, Joseph, 1741 - 1816 (hydrographer and engineer) (Person)
- Bligh, William, 1754 - 1817 (Vice Admiral) (Person)
- Jones, Thomas, 1775 - 1852 (maker of scientific instruments) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Hurd, Thomas, ?1747 - 1823 (Captain, hydrographer) (Person)
- Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790 - 1855 (Knight, naval officer and Arctic explorer) (Person)
- Milbanke, Mark, 1724 - 1805 (Admiral and colonial governor) (Person)
- Kater, Henry, 1777 - 1835 (geodesist and metrologist) (Person)
- Planta, Joseph, 1787 - 1847 (diplomat) (Person)
- Campbell, John, c1720 - 1790 (naval officer) (Person)
- Cook, Elizabeth, 1740 (/41-1835) wife of James Cook) (Person)
- Roberts, Henry, 1756 - 1796 (naval officer) (Person)
- Lane, John, fl1804 (schoolmaster of HMS Culloden) (Person)
Repository Details
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