Papers on clock developments, 1844 - 1848
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with clockmakers and other papers concerning new clocks and improvements. There are papers on the Royal Exchange and Hamburg clocks; the rating of the Royal Exchange Clock for 1848; ratings of various chronometers; elasticity of balance springs; improved and new escapements; E.J. Dent's magneto-electric dial; and improved pendulums by J.G. Ulrich and E.T. Loseby. The correspondents include H.C. Schumacher, Lord Wrottesley, F. Beaufort and R. Sheepshanks.
Dates
- Creation: 1844 - 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
J5/52
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:51:12+00:00
Subject
- Sheepshanks, Richard, 1794 - 1855 (astronomer) (Person)
- Dent, Edward John, 1790 - 1853 (chronometer maker) (Person)
- Schumacher, Heinrich Christian, 1780 - 1850 (astronomer) (Person)
- Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774 - 1857 (Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer) (Person)
- Wrottesley, John, 1798 - 1867 (2nd Baron Wrottesley, landowner and astronomer) (Person)
- Loseby, Edward Thomas, 1817 - 1890 (clockmaker) (Person)
Repository Details
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