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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
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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 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).
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Letter from Joseph Delves to Sir Harry Parker, 1795-10-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 50-50a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-sub-file :
Three letters concerning his 'discovery of the longitude'.
Dates:
1795-10-02
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 Joseph Emmanuel Pellizer, 1793 - 1804
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 133-134
Scope and Contents
Outlining his plan for finding longitude by the passage of the moon through the meridian.
Dates:
1793 - 1804
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 Emmanuel Pellizer to Lord Melville, 1804-11-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 132
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Submissions by Mr Pellizer of Spain; includes three letters and a memoir on his method of finding longitude, and a pamphlet outlining the particulars of a legal case involving Pellizer and the General Consul of Spain.
Dates:
1804-11-20
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 Joseph Emmanuel Pellizer to the Board of the Admiralty, 1801-09-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 130-131
Scope and Contents
Outlining his 'new and good method of finding the longitude'.
Dates:
1801-09-20
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 Joseph Forrest to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-11-21 - 1827-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 595-596
Scope and Contents
In which Forrest outlines his previous communication with the Board and offers to make a globe which he could describe to them better than explaining his ideas in writing. He also mentions that he was a mechanic with no formal training in astronomy or mathematics.
Dates:
1827-11-21 - 1827-11
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 from Joseph Forrest to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-12-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 594
Scope and Contents
In which Forrest outlines his previous communication with the Board and offers to make a globe which he could describe to them better than explaining his ideas in writing. He also mentions that he was a mechanic with no formal training in astronomy or mathematics.
Dates:
1827-12-05
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 Luckcock to the Board of Longitude, 1826-03-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 361-362
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters.
Dates:
1826-03-03
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 Joseph Luckcock to the Board of Longitude, 1826-04-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 363-364
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters.
Dates:
1826-04-10
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 Manton to Nevil Maskelyne, 1809-03-08 - 1809-06-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 449-450
Scope and Contents
With a note by Maskelyne.
Dates:
1809-03-08 - 1809-06-01
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).
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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Papers regarding the public trials and improvements of clocks and chronometers, 1784-1828
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Papers regarding miscellaneous chronometer improvements, 1790-1828
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Correspondence concerning Joseph Manton's chronometer
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Letter from Joseph Manton to the Board of Longitude, 1807-03-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 248-249
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Note and letter.
Dates:
1807-03-04
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 Joseph Martin to Sir Harry Parker, 1793-06-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 374-375
Scope and Contents
Concerning an invention to show the real motion of the Earth and the cause of tides.
Dates:
1793-06-10
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 Planta to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-03-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 176-177
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Includes a proposal, printed works and colour drawings by Wedel, and correspondence about laying his papers before the House of Commons.
Dates:
1822-03-15
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 Planta to the Speaker of the House of Commons, 1822-03-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 172
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing a packet from G.W.U. Wedel and a letter from Lord Londonderry; see also [RGO 14/53: 170-171].
Dates:
1822-03-09
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 Shee to the Board of Longitude, 1813-10-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 446
Scope and Contents
Establishing Shee as the inventor of an instrument for the discovery of 'the fixed point' of both latitude and longitude, and originally enclosing a copy of a letter to his son in which Shee outlines the privileges he sought in return for this discovery [RGO 14/40: 445]. He states his desire to be made a member of the Board of Longitude and asks that the Board not give credit to any other claims for the discovery of longitude before examining his work.
Dates:
1813-10-06
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 Shee to the Board of Longitude, 1814-07-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 457
Scope and Contents
Defending the relevance of his work on 'the fixed point' to the search for longitude.
Dates:
1814-07-09
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 Shee to the Board of Longitude, 1818-05-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 463
Scope and Contents
Explaining that he had now found longitude by means of two methods, both founded on the 'centre of infallibility', one of which involved using a star dial of his own invention.
Dates:
1818-05-27
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 from Joseph Wilkinson to Captain Thomas Hurd on regulating a timepiece, 1820-01-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 462-463
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Twenty letters, a plan and one report, sent by various correspondents.
Dates:
1820-01-22
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 from Joseph Wilkinson to Thomas Hurd, 1816-12-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 315-317
Scope and Contents
Concerning a method of making and regulating a timepiece so that it shows the exact time in any part of the world.
Dates:
1816-12-13
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 from Josiah Emery to [the Board of Longitude], 1791-03-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/23: 193
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters and two sets of rates for chronometers made by Emery.
Dates:
1791-03-05
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).