Correspondence with tradesmen, 1864
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with tradesmen, including letters from booksellers; coal merchants; clock repairers; horologists; builders; chandlers; merchants; machine repairers; instrument makers; stationers; parcel carriers; engineers; chemists; decorators; journeymen; import agents; picture framers; fitters; plaster manufacturers; a photographer; telegraph companies; the Kent Water Company; the Gutta Percha Company; and the South Eastern Railway. The letters cover various instructions; requests; accounts; invoices; bills; receipts; tenders; circulars; routine repairers; and various adjustments and improvements to instruments. There are letters from O. Struve, F.A.T. Winnecke, E.J. Stone, J. Glaisher and C.V. Walker; plans and proposals for the transit circle instruments; and plans for rebuilding the magnetical observatory.
Dates
- 1864
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F1/28
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:57:06+00:00
- Glaisher, James, 1809 - 1903 (astronomer)
- Gutta Percha Co
- Kent Water Co
- South Eastern Railway Co
- Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer)
- Struve, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, 1793 - 1864 (astronomer)
- Walker, Charles Vincent, 1812 - 1882 (electrical engineer)
- Winnecke, Friedrich August Theodor, 1835 - 1897 (astronomer)
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Repository Details
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