Clock Books, 1806 - 1940
Scope and Contents
A large set of 'Clock Books' recording Clock Errors. Includes:
17 volumes recording 'Apparent errors of the Sidereal Standard Clock, and adopted clock rates and clock errors at 0h Sidereal', for 1806-1813, 1899-1911, 1919-1921, 1929-1940 (on printed Forms No. 8 and 8*);
3 volumes of 'Apparent errors of the Sidereal Standard Clock, and adopted clock rates and clock errors at 0h Sidereal' retitled 'E & E Personal Equation Determination', 1895-1909 (on printed Forms No. 8*);
2 volumes recording 'clock comparisons with standard' for 1924-1927 (on printed Forms No. 15).
Dates
- Creation: 1806 - 1940
Creator
- From the Series: Royal Observatory, Greenwich (Organization)
- From the Series: 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
6 archive box(es) (22 volumes) : paper
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
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