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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter concerning the whereabouts of Mudge chronometer No. 8, 1825-07-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 25
Scope and Contents From the File:

Letters and declarations to Pond from chronometer makers, including Robert Molyneux, Parkinson & Frodsham, Thomas Earnshaw and E.J. Dent. The volume also includes five undated lists of makers' estimates for repair from Arnold and Arnold & Dent.

Dates: 1825-07-25
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).
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Letter confirming receipt of Mudge chronometer No. 4 and Earnshaw chronometer No. 363, 1828-03-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 69-70
Scope and Contents

Sent from William Johnson to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1828-03-04
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).
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Tables on the rates of Mr Mudge's Green and Blue timekeepers, 1783 - 1789

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 114a-118
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Includes accounts of the rates of his chronometers Green and Blue, as tried at the Royal Observatory, reports outlining objections to his petition, and seven letters.

Dates: 1783 - 1789
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).