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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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Latin ode, 1825
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 442
Scope and Contents
Sent by Bartholomew de Sanctis to the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1825
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 and Latin ode from Bartholomew de Sanctis, 1823-12-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 430-443
Scope and Contents
Letter from de Sanctis to the Board of Longitude outlining his astronomical observations and enclosing a Latin ode. He refers to the Board as 'the Scientific Protectors of the British Navigation, as Castor and Pollux were of the old Ships of Greece and Rome'. Addressed from Crown Tavern, Vinegar Yard, Drury Lane Theatre.
Dates:
1823-12-20
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 Bartholomew de Sanctis to the Board of Longitude, 1825
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 434-436a
Scope and Contents
Outlining the results of his experiments and observations. The letter is addressed from Portman Square; de Sanctis however remarks that he is ‘without home (sweet home!)’.
Dates:
1825
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 Bartholomew de Sanctis to the Board of Longitude, 1825-09-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 437-438
Scope and Contents
Concerning his observations on refraction and his new experiments on 'the fluid portable horizon'. Marked 'Third and last'.
Dates:
1825-09-17
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 Bartholomew de Sanctis to the Board of Longitude, 1825-09-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 439-440
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing an article from an Italian journal on the Ephemeris of Venus.
Dates:
1825-09-03
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 Bartholomew de Sanctis to the Board of Longitude, 1825
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 441-441a
Scope and Contents
Concerning 'Ludlan's method of taking double altitude of celestial beings' and also his own experiments.
Dates:
1825
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).