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Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Arnold's account of money received from the Board prior to 28 March, 1783, 1783-03-28
Description of Mr Arnold's escapement, 1804-06 - 1804-11
Description of Mr Arnold's time-keeper, 1805-03-05
Descriptions and drawings of Mr Arnold's escapement and time-keeper, 1804 - 1805
Letter from George Vancouver to William Wales, 1796-03-04 - 1796-12-13
Letter, dated 4 March 1796, concerning observations Vancouver had made during a voyage around the world on HMS Discovery. With a copy of a note to Sir Joseph Banks (on the back page) that the observations were to be reduced, dated 13 December 1796.
Letter from John Arnold concerning a bill for two new timekeepers, 1790-11-18
Sent to Sir Harry Parker.
Letter from John Arnold concerning adjustments to a chronometer for use by Admiral Millbanke, 1790-04-13
Sent to Sir Harry Parker.
Letter from John Arnold concerning adjustments to a chronometer for use by Admiral Millbanke, 1790
Sent to Sir Harry Parker.
Letter from John Arnold to Lord Howe, 1784-03-06
Letter from Lady Harland to Sir Harry Parker, 1784-05-30
Two letters.
Letter from Lady Harland to the Board of Longitude, 1784-03-13
Two letters.
Letters from Alexander Aubert concerning the trial of Mr Arnold's chronometers 47 and 51, 1783-03 - 1783-07
Two letters and two related accounts of the going of the chronometers.
Note from John Arnold concerning two new watches for the Board, 1790
Sent to Sir Harry Parker.
Printed copy of questions proposed by the Board of Longitude to Mr Arnold, 1805
With his answers to the same.
Printed explanation of time-keepers constructed by Mr Arnold, 1805
Printed explanation of time-keepers constructed by Mr Arnold, 1805
This copy of the account was printed with wider margins for remarks and circulated amongst chronometer makers for their opinions.
Questions asked of Mr Arnold relative to his specification of his father's timekeeper, 1805-07-08
With Arnold's answers.
Sketches of islands 'discovered', rough calculations and tables, 1791 - 1792
Set of rough astronomical calculations, with tables, notes, and sketches of islands ‘discovered’; the islands are unnamed, although reference points are sometimes given, such as ‘Island A’ [RGO 14/62: 141*v], or ‘Bay at C’ [RGO 14/62: 79v]. Interspersed among the notes are occasional doodles by Gooch [RGO 14/62: 88v], [RGO 14/62: 124r], and translations of [Polynesian] words [RGO 14/62: 124r], [RGO 14/62: 126-127], [RGO 14/62: 141*v].
Some pages are inverted in the volume.