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Letter from John Tyson to the Board of Longitude, 1816-03-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 529
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters concerning Tyson's proposed invention of a timepiece for determining longitude.
Dates:
1816-03-05
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 John Tyson to the Board of Longitude, 1814-07-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 193-194
Scope and Contents
Stating that he had invented a method to ascertain longitude and to measure a ship's way at sea.
For further letters from Tyson, see also [RGO 14/40: 528-529].
Dates:
1814-07-05
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 John Vancouver to the Commissioners of the Board of Longitude, 1823-09-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 472-473
Scope and Contents
Concerning a mode by which chronometers could be kept at a stable temperature.
Dates:
1823-09-02
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 Warburton to Sir Philip Stephens, 1785-06-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 366
Scope and Contents
Concerning an instrument for showing the true time of day and concerning magnetic variation.
Dates:
1785-06-15
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 Wilson Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-05-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 41-41a
Scope and Contents
Concerning Kater's application to be Naval Hydrographer.
Dates:
1823-05-05
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 John Wilson Croker to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-06-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 49-50
Scope and Contents
Concerning bills for instruments.
Dates:
1821-06-02
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 José Casamayor, 1825-06-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 353-355
Scope and Contents
Requesting a reward for discovering a means of finding longitude.
Dates:
1825-06-21
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 José de Mendoza y Ríos, 1796-03-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 107-107a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
With an index of names.
Dates:
1796-03-04
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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Letter from José de Mendoza y Ríos concerning rules for computing latitude by two altitudes of the sun, 1796-12-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 11-13
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding methods for establishing latitude.
Dates:
1796-12-02
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 José Victorino dos Santos e Souza Mattos, 1827-09-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 149-150
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Letter and proposal.
Dates:
1827-09-20
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 José Victorino dos Santos e Souza Mattos, 1827-07-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 370-371
Scope and Contents
Informing the Board of Longitude that he had sent a printed copy (in Portuguese) of his 'theory of the universe founded on the fluctuation of the satellites and the anti-gravitation of the sun'. He also mentions that as a Portuguese national he had studied astronomy in Europe, and laments the difficulty of pursuing it in Brazil.
Dates:
1827-07-04
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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Letter from José Victorino dos Santos e Souza Mattos, 1827-08-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 372-372a
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing further sections of his work for the consideration of the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1827-08-18
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 José Victorino dos Santos e Souza Mattos to the Board of Longitude, 1828-06-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 105-105a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
With an index of names.
Dates:
1828-06-05
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 Joseph Banks to Harry Parker, 1785-03-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 30
Scope and Contents
Concerning Antonio Maria Jaci.
Dates:
1785-03-17
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).
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 regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
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Antonio Maria Jaci's method using mercurial clepsydra and a thermometer
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Letter from Joseph Barlow to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1817-10-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 239-240
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters from Joseph Barlow, with accompanying papers and two related notes from the Navy Office.
Dates:
1817-10-06
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 Joseph Barlow to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1817-11-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 241-242
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters from Joseph Barlow, with accompanying papers and two related notes from the Navy Office.
Dates:
1817-11-05
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 Joseph Barlow to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1817-11-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 248-249
Scope and Contents
With a copy of a reply from Hurd to Barlow on the reverse.
Dates:
1817-11-29
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 Joseph Barlow to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1818-03-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 254-254a
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters from Joseph Barlow, with accompanying papers and two related notes from the Navy Office.
Dates:
1818-03-06
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 Joseph Barlow to Dr Thomas Young, 1818-11-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 255-255a
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters from Joseph Barlow, with accompanying papers and two related notes from the Navy Office.
Dates:
1818-11-24
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 Joseph Barlow to John Pond, 1818-02-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 250-253
Scope and Contents
With a set of calculations.
Dates:
1818-02-10
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 Joseph Bonasera to the Board of Longitude, 1791-08-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 171-172
Scope and Contents
With a copy of the same.
Dates:
1791-08-27
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
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
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Joseph Bonasera's instrument for finding longitude known as 'l'horison de la longitude'
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Letter from Joseph Bowley on an instrument for measuring angular distances, 1792-11-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 15-17
Scope and Contents
With a note by the Board on the reverse [RGO 14/44: 16v].
Dates:
1792-11-28
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 Joseph Davidson to the Board of Longitude, 1790-04-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 522-523
Scope and Contents
Concerning his proposed method of finding longitude based on drawing a right angle from any point of latitude. Davidson states that his method had been tested on two voyages where it proved exact to within ten miles.
Dates:
1790-04-15
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 Joseph Delves, 1795-02-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 47-47a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-sub-file :
Three letters concerning his 'discovery of the longitude'.
Dates:
1795-02-24
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 Joseph Delves to Sir Harry Parker, 1795-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 48-49
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-sub-file :
Three letters concerning his 'discovery of the longitude'.
Dates:
1795-03
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).