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Found in 1559 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter and proposal sent from Thomas Johnstone to the Admiralty, 1806-04-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 249-250
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Four letters and a proposal.
Dates:
1806-04-24
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).
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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Thomas Johnstone's instrument for finding longitude by an observation of the Sun
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Letter and related note concerning James Hughes, 1813-05-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 281-283
Scope and Contents
Letter from Hughes to the Admiralty Office enquiring as to why he had not received an answer from the Board of Longitude about his chart of longitude. Hughes mentions that he had read an advertisement that Francis Stanford, a Franciscan friar, had discovered 'the real longitude', and says that he hoped that details of his own proposal had not been divulged to that monk. The letter is accompanied by an internal note from the Admiralty Office enquiring whether Captain Hurd knew anything of...
Dates:
1813-05-24
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 and tables from Mr Wellmens, 1827
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 597-599
Scope and Contents
Letter to the Board of Longitude concerning a clock which 'shews [sic] the difference between true and like time'; with related tables.
Dates:
1827
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 traverse tables from Richard Judson to Charles Dundas, 1805-05-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 327-328
Scope and Contents
The letter outlines various solutions for finding longitude, of which Judson states, 'Here are several ways of finding the longitude some of them certainly will be right'.
Dates:
1805-05-15
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 and traverse tables from Richard Judson to George Gilpin, 1804-07-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 314-315
Scope and Contents
Letter concerning his solution for finding longitude and including his improved traverse tables.
Dates:
1804-07-11
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 and traverse tables from Richard Judson to George Gilpin, 1805-01-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 322-323
Scope and Contents
Concerning his solution for finding longitude and including 'a correct traverse table'.
Dates:
1805-01-04
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 and traverse tables from Richard Judson to Sir Philip Stephens, 1806-04-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 329-330
Scope and Contents
Letter concerning his solution for finding longitude and squaring the circle; with traverse tables and diagrams.
Dates:
1806-04-26
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 treatise by James Fosbury, 1821-03-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 149-151
Scope and Contents
Letter to Dr Thomas Young enclosing further observations on the sun's movement along its centre meridian.
Dates:
1821-03-23
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 treatise from James Fosbury, 1819-05-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 138-144
Scope and Contents
Letter from Fosbury to Thomas Young enclosing a treatise on the magnet.
Dates:
1819-05-06
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 and treatise on finding longitude by James Fosbury, 1819-04-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 130-137
Scope and Contents
Letter from Fosbury to Thomas Young enclosing a treatise on longitude from his forthcoming work on 'the inconsistency of the Newtonian System of Philosophical Astronomy'.
Dates:
1819-04-27
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).
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Letter and two printed papers on finding the longitude by an altitude of the moon, 1826-06-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 318-323
Scope and Contents
Sent from Thomas Hedgcock to the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1826-06-05
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).
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 of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
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Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
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Letter apologising for delay in visiting the Royal Observatory, 1829-09-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 134
Scope and Contents
Sent from Thomas Cotterell to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-09-07
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 apologising for delays in repairing chronometers, 1830-09-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 171
Scope and Contents
Sent from Thomas Earnshaw to John Pond.
Dates:
1830-09-22
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 appealing against request to withdraw claims concerning the conduct of the chronometer trial, 1835-02-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 240-241
Scope and Contents
Sent from Arnold and Dent to John Pond.
Dates:
1835-02-07
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 complaining of a violation of the declaration by J. S. Eiffe, 1833-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 227
Scope and Contents
Sent from Arnold and Dent to John Pond.
Dates:
1833-12-31
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 concerning a bill for repairs to chronometers for 1827, 1828-01-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 60
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Roger Arnold to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-01-01
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 concerning a faulty chronometer, 1827-12-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 59
Scope and Contents
Sent from Grimaldi & Johnson to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1827-12-27
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).
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Letter concerning an offer to purchase an Ellicott chronometer, 1826-05-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 47
Scope and Contents
Sent from Edward Ellicott to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1826-05-17
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 concerning an order for two chronometers, Nos. 341 and 502, 1825-12-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 39
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Roger Arnold to Thomas Taylor
Dates:
1825-12-29
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 concerning comparative trials of the sounding instruments of Burt and Massey, 1814-03-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 173
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from the Admiralty Office to Sir John Barrow [Second Secretary of the Admiralty] containing an extract from the proceedings of the Board of Longitude, requesting that the Admiralty arrange a comparative trial of the sounding instruments of Peter Burt and Edward Massey.
Dates:
1814-03-08
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 concerning condition of a Molyneux & Cope chronometer No. 3, 1826-12-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 53
Scope and Contents
Sent from Molyneux & Cope to John Pond.
Dates:
1826-12-04
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 concerning cost of repairs to three chronometers, 1826-09-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 50
Scope and Contents
Sent from Barraud & Sons to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1826-09-29
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 concerning damage to Earnshaw chronometer No. 508, 1825-05-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 18
Scope and Contents
Sent from Thomas Earnshaw to John Pond.
Dates:
1825-05-14
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 concerning date for repair of chronometer No. 541, 1828-05-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 64
Scope and Contents
Sent from James Murray to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-05-07
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 concerning delay to delivery of chronometers to the Royal Observatory, 1826-03-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 41
Scope and Contents
Also includes report of damage to chronometer No. 509. Sent from Thomas Earnshaw to John Pond.
Dates:
1826-03-27
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).