Correspondence on terrestrial longitude, 1833 - 1848
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on finding terrestrial longitude by testing chronometers at the culmination of Moon and stars. There is material on the longitudes of Chelmsford, Limerick, Port Stephen (Australia), Paris, Edinburgh, Antwerp, Dublin, Armagh, Cambridge, Oxford, Bedford, Hartwell, Portsmouth, Devonport, Hamburg, Liverpool and Regent's Park. The correspondents include E.J. Cooper, J.C. Fremont, P.P. King, W.H.C. Bartlett, Sir F. Beaufort, G. Fisher, E. Sabine, T. Henderson, R. Sheepshanks, J. Challis, W.H. Miller and T.M. Brisbane. The chronometers used were mainly by E.J. Dent, but also include those of R. Molyneux and M. Briquet.
Dates
- Creation: 1833 - 1848
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
C2/201
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:35:11+00:00
Subject
- Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) (Person)
- Molyneux, Samuel, 1689 - 1728 (astronomer and politician) (Person)
- Dent, Edward John, 1790 - 1853 (chronometer maker) (Person)
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) (Person)
- Challis, James, 1803 - 1882 (astronomer and physicist) (Person)
- Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798 - 1863 (landowner and astronomer) (Person)
- Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788 - 1883 (Knight, army officer and physicist) (Person)
- Miller, William Hallowes, 1801 - 1880 (mineralogist) (Person)
- Fisher, George, 1794 - 1873 (astronomer) (Person)
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