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Letter advising of price of chronometer Nos. 33 and 35, 1829-08-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 110
Scope and Contents
Sent from Henry Appleton to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-08-03
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 advising on the price of chronometer No.741, 1829-08-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 120
Scope and Contents
Sent from C. James Cope to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-08-06
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 advising price of chronometer, 1828-07-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 80
Scope and Contents
Sent from G. Thorne to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-07-07
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 advising price of chronometer, 1829-08-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 119
Scope and Contents
Sent from Edward Taylor to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-08-05
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 advising price of chronometer No. 20, 1829-08-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 111
Scope and Contents
Sent from Peter Des Granges to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-08-03
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 advising price of chronometer No. 40, 1829-08-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 112
Scope and Contents
Sent from George Heyes to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-08-03
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 advising price of chronometer No. 368, 1829-07-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 109
Scope and Contents
Sent from Thomas Cotterell to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-07-04
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 advising price of chronometer No. 925, 1829-08-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 117
Scope and Contents
Sent from Brockbank & Atkins to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-08-05
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 advising price of chronometers, 1828-07-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 81
Scope and Contents
Sent from Richard Webster to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-07-07
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 advising sale price for chronometer No. 147, 1828-07-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 72
Scope and Contents
Sent from McCabes & Strachan to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-07-05
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 advising sale price of a Brockbank & Atkins chronometer, 1828-07-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 66
Scope and Contents
Sent from Brockbank & Atkins to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-07-05
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 advising sale price of a chronometer, 1828-07-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 74
Scope and Contents
Sent from Thomas Cummins to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-07-05
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 advising sale price of a chronometer, 1828-07-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 76
Scope and Contents
Sent from Grayhurst Harvey & Co. to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-07-06
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 advising sale price of chronometer, 1829-08-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 122
Scope and Contents
Sent from James Murray to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-08-06
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 advising sale price of chronometer No. 2, 1829-08-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 124
Scope and Contents
Sent from James Stafford to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-08-06
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 advising sale price of chronometer No. 621, 1829-08-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 123
Scope and Contents
Sent from James Murray to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-08-06
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 advising sale price of chronometers, 1828-07-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 77
Scope and Contents
Sent from J. Chandler to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1828-07-07
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 advising that defects to chronometer No. 816 are not due to carelessness of officers, 1829-05-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 105
Scope and Contents
Sent from James Murray to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-05-25
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).
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Letter advising that repairs to chronometers reported in previous letter [RGO 5/237: 103] are due to wear and tear, 1829-05-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 104
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Roger Arnold to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-05-21
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 and account of tools and equipment ordered from Messrs. Holtzapffel and Deyerlein, 1821-04-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 175-177
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Observations and correspondence regarding miscellaneous astronomical matters.
Dates:
1821-04-02
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 and advertisements from Edward Massey concerning a trial of his sounding machine, 1818-07-11 - 1818-07-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 144-149
Scope and Contents
Letter to the Board of Longitude enclosing five copies of an advertisement announcing a public trial of the comparative merits of Massey's sounding machine and 'Gould and Burt's Buoy and Knipper'. These were originally enclosed in a letter to Captain Thomas Hurd [RGO 14/31: 143-143a].
Dates:
1818-07-11 - 1818-07-13
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 and colour illustration from Joseph Bonasera, 1792-03-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 196-197
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters and two papers, with a related note from Daniel Powell & Sons, a London-based firm which forwarded Bonasera's work to the Board.
Dates:
1792-03-17
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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Joseph Bonasera's instrument for finding longitude known as 'l'horison de la longitude'
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Letter and copy letter from Arthur Hodge, 1822-10-12 - 1822-10-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 241-243
Scope and Contents
Letter to the Board of Longitude originally enclosing a sketch drawing of his perpetual log. Also additional copy of the same letter, dated 29 October, with an addendum by Hodge. The drawings are at [RGO 14/31: 244-255].
Dates:
1822-10-12 - 1822-10-29
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 and description from George Christie on constructing a sea telescope, 1794-12-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/30: 466-468
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1794-12-02
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 and description of an instrument by James Shaw to George Gilpin, 1815-05-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 277-280
Scope and Contents
Concerning his method of determining the latitude and longitude at one observation, his improvements to quadrants and sextants, and his invention of an instrument for taking altitudes without a horizon.
Dates:
1815-05-18
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).