Errors of Observations and Adjustments to Instruments: records (including clock errors and rates), 1822 - 1954
Scope and Contents
A large set of registers recording errors of observations and adjustments to instruments; clock errors and rates; and clock comparisons with standard.
Each register contains handwritten entries on printed numbered forms.
Note: there are many gaps in the surviving record. The clock error and clock rates books, for example, have volumes only for 1806-1813, 1899-1911, 1919-1921, 1929-1940.
Dates
- Creation: 1822 - 1954
Creator
- Royal Observatory, Greenwich (Organization)
- Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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).
Extent
15 archive box(es) (62 volumes and 3 folders) : paper
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Internally generated records created by the ROG and RGO Herstmonceux.
General
Catalogued by Dr Emma Saunders, April 2025.
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
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