Clocks
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Series
Errors of Observations and Adjustments to Instruments: records (including clock errors and rates), 1822 - 1954
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 150
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:
1822 - 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).