Greenwich
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Letter from Cuthbert Collingwood to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich, 1868-03-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 161: 214
Scope and Contents
Letter from Cuthbert Collingwood to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-03-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from F. Amoros and F. de Gilleman, 'officiers du Ministere de la Guerre', Madrid, 1803-08-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/36: 1-2
Scope and Contents
The letter conveys observations of a solar eclipse made by Ali-Beik Abd-Allah at Tangier on 16 August 1803.
Dates:
1803-08-22
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 from Gianguiseppe Barzellini, written in Italian, 1774-11-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/8: 1-2
Scope and Contents
Communicating his paper 'Altezza di Polo della citta di Gorizia' ('The Altitude of the Pole of the City of Gorizia') concerning his calculation of the altitude of pole of the Austrian Hapsburg city of Gorizia for a solar clock.
Dates:
1774-11-10
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 from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich, 1872-05-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 159: 15
Scope and Contents
Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich
(Letter)
Dates:
1872-05-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich, 1872-09-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 159: 21
Scope and Contents
Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich
(Letter)
Dates:
1872-09-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich, 1872-09-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 159: 22
Scope and Contents
Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich
(Letter)
Dates:
1872-09-24
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich copy; first sheet only, typed, 1871-04-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 159: 12
Scope and Contents
Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich copy; first sheet only, typed
(Letter)
Dates:
1871-04-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich damaged, 1871-12-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 159: 13
Scope and Contents
Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich damaged
(Letter)
Dates:
1871-12-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich damaged, 1871-12-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 159: 14
Scope and Contents
Letter from Hubert Airy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Greenwich damaged
(Letter)
Dates:
1871-12-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Letter from Israel Lyons Jnr, Cambridge, 1766
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/1: 1-2
Scope and Contents
Letter containing calculations for the occultations of stars.
Dates:
1766
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 from J. Merdbey, Woolwich, 1809-04-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/46: 1-2
Scope and Contents
The letter refers to trouble Maskelyne has had with a watch belonging to a friend of Merdbey. On the reverse are various equations in Maskelyne's hand.
Dates:
1809-04-18
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 from James Horsburgh, Bombay, 1804-05-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/37: 1-2
Scope and Contents
The letter contains observations of the first and second satellites of Jupiter in 1803.
Dates:
1804-05-31
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 from James Pascoe, Honiton, 1806-10-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/39: 1-2
Scope and Contents
The letter confirms the accuracy of the French tables, with equations on the ellipsis overleaf in Maskelyne's hand.
Dates:
1806-10-11
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 from John Campbell, East Sheen, Surrey, 1771-09-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/2: 1-2
Scope and Contents
Letter forwarding an account of a solar eclipse of 25 July 1767 observed by Captain Wallis from HMS 'Dolphin' in Port Royal Harbour, King George's Island (Tahiti). See also [RGO 4/187: 3].
Dates:
1771-09-15
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 from John Crosley to Nevil Maskelyne, 1794-11-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 93-94
Scope and Contents
Concerning observations from a voyage of HMS Providence.
Dates:
1794-11-18
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 from John Crosley to Nevil Maskelyne, 1795-02-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 96-97
Scope and Contents
Concerning observations from a voyage of HMS Providence.
Dates:
1795-02-13
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 from John Crosley to Nevil Maskelyne, 1795-10-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 98-105
Scope and Contents
Sent from New South Wales, concerning observations from a voyage of HMS Providence.
Dates:
1795-10-06
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 from John Pond on the adjustment of the new transit circle, 1822 - 1829
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 28-30
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Observations and correspondence regarding miscellaneous astronomical matters.
Dates:
1822 - 1829
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 from Mathew Flinders, 1802-05-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 17-18
Scope and Contents
Letter sent to Nevil Maskelyne from HMS Investigator at Port Jackson, concerning observations he had made on the voyage; for the observations, see [RGO 14/68: 15-16].
Dates:
1802-05-25
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence and related papers regarding observations made on voyages of discovery
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Correspondence regarding applications for a reward by Matthew Flinders and Lieutenant S.W. Flinders
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Letter from Matthew Flinders to John Pond, 1811-06-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 43-44
Scope and Contents
Concerning the inclusion of observations taken by Mr Inman among the recalculated observations of HMS Investigator.
Dates:
1811-06-05
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 from Mrs Mary Edwards, Ludlow, 1785-06-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/10: 1
Scope and Contents
Letter directing and thanking Maskelyne for assisting with settling the accounts of the late husband of Mary Edwards (John Edwards) with a number of London instrument makers, and for transporting her husband's instruments back and forth for sale. The reverse of the letter is covered in notes and sketches.
Dates:
1785-06-18
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).
Series
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to William Gooch (senior), 25 Jan. 1794
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 117-118
Scope and Contents
Regarding money owed by and to his son.
Dates:
25 Jan. 1794
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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).
Series
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to William Gooch (senior), 13 Feb. 1794
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 119-121
Scope and Contents
With a statement concerning monies owed to Gooch by the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
13 Feb. 1794
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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).
Series
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to William Gooch (senior), 16 Nov. 1793
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 105-106
Scope and Contents
Concerning the bill of sale of his son's effects.
Dates:
16 Nov. 1793
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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).
Series
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to William Gooch (senior), 7 Sept. 1793
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 98-99
Scope and Contents
On the proving of Mr Gooch's will and payment of his salary, and clarifying the date of his death (10 May 1792).
Dates:
7 Sept. 1793
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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).