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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-09-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 128-129
Scope and Contents
Concerning tables and a plan of the observatory and giving news.
Dates:
1823-09-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 131-132
Scope and Contents
Concerning a paper on eclipses, measurements of the height of Table Mountain, and his need for further instruments, and reporting on his activities and on the topography and geology of Cape Town.
Dates:
1823-10-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1823-10-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 133-134
Scope and Contents
Concerning books and papers received, tables sent out, and a meteorological journal; requesting a Dollond repeating altitude and azimuth circle; and reporting on his activities at the Cape, which included collecting mineral specimens on Table Mountain.
Dates:
1823-10-31
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 from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-07-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 154-155
Scope and Contents
Informing him of the sudden departure of his assistant Mr Scully, who had left without giving notice after an incident of 'gross immoral conduct' with a young housemaid. Fallows requests that a suitably qualified person 'whose moral character is without stain or blemish' be sent as his replacement, and he recommends Mr Taylor of Greenwich for the position.
Dates:
1824-07-17
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1823-06-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 117-118
Scope and Contents
Concerning his first catalogue of the principle fixed stars.
Dates:
1823-06-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1823-09-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 127-127a
Scope and Contents
Concerning tables and a plan of the observatory and giving news.
Dates:
1823-09-01
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 from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1824-04-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 149-150a
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing auxiliary tables; see [RGO 14/48: 151].
Dates:
1824-04-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1827-05-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 158-161
Scope and Contents
Enclosing a copy of a letter he had written to Sir Richard Plaskett of the Colonial Office and reporting on his activities at the Cape Observatory from 10 April to 10 May 1827.
Dates:
1827-05-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to John Barrow, 1827-05-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 162-163
Scope and Contents
Concerning the acquisition of the land adjoining the Cape Observatory; includes a copy of a letter from Sir Richard Plaskett of the Colonial Office.
Dates:
1827-05-14
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Rev. Fearon Fallows to Sir John Barrow, 1821-09-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 98-105
Scope and Contents
Concerning the best location for the proposed Cape Observatory and including bearings of various points visited in Cape Town.
Dates:
1821-09-05
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 Rev. Fearon Fallows to Sir John Barrow, 1823-01-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 107-107a
Scope and Contents
Concerning a mistake in his previous report and mentioning that a moth had damaged his telescope, destroying the wires.
Dates:
1823-01-07
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 from Rev. William Mitchel to Sir Harry Parker, 1787-12-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 122
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Papers and three letters, chiefly concerning Mitchel's improved quadrant and its use for the four most important operations in navigation: finding the variation of the needle at sea, finding the latitude at sea, finding the apparent time at sea, and finding the longitude by Jupiter's satellites or the moon. In the final letter of the series, dated 14 July 1788, Mitchel states that he had 'laid aside' his quadrant method and now proposed a method of finding longitude by the stars or by the...
Dates:
1787-12-14
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 from Rev. William Mitchel to [Sir Harry Parker], 1788-03-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 123-124
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Papers and three letters, chiefly concerning Mitchel's improved quadrant and its use for the four most important operations in navigation: finding the variation of the needle at sea, finding the latitude at sea, finding the apparent time at sea, and finding the longitude by Jupiter's satellites or the moon. In the final letter of the series, dated 14 July 1788, Mitchel states that he had 'laid aside' his quadrant method and now proposed a method of finding longitude by the stars or by the...
Dates:
1788-03-04
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 'R.G.S.' to the Board of Longitude, 1811-12-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 558-559
Scope and Contents
Stating that he had read about two machines for determining longitude at Yale College. He requests £60 from the Board to send a small sloop to test the machines at sea on 'the darkest night'.
Dates:
1811-12-14
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from 'R.G.S.' to the Board of Longitude, 1812-01-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 560-561
Scope and Contents
Repeating his offer to send a vessel to sea to test for longitude, in return for an advance of £60.
Dates:
1812-01-17
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Richard Benjamin Parker to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1814-02-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 387-388
Scope and Contents
Stating that he wished to submit his work before the Board.
Dates:
1814-02-22
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Richard Burstal to John Wilson Croker, 1823-08-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 72-73
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Four letters and a report on the merits of Burstal's tables.
Dates:
1823-08-01
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from Richard Burstal to Sir Alexander Cochrane, 1823-05-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 67-68
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing tables.
Dates:
1823-05-29
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 Richard Everitt to the Board of Longitude, 1811-02-23 - 1811-03-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 63-64
Scope and Contents
With a copy of a reply from Thomas Hurd.
Dates:
1811-02-23 - 1811-03-09
Conditions Governing Access:
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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 Richard Judson to George Gilpin, 1803-03-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 305-306
Scope and Contents
In which Judson outlines his proposal for finding longitude and also claims to have squared the circle.
Dates:
1803-03-01
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from Richard Judson to George Gilpin, 1804-03-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 310-311
Scope and Contents
Outlining his solution for finding longitude, with diagrams.
Dates:
1804-03-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Richard Judson to George Gilpin, 1804-05-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 312-313
Scope and Contents
Outlining his solution for finding longitude, with diagrams.
Dates:
1804-05-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from Richard Judson to George Gilpin, 1804-08-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 316-317
Scope and Contents
Concerning his solution for finding longitude and squaring the circle; with diagrams.
Dates:
1804-08-26
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from Richard Judson to George Gilpin, 1804-08-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 318-319
Scope and Contents
Concerning his solution for finding longitude and squaring the circle; with a diagram.
Dates:
1804-08-30
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from Richard Judson to George Gilpin, 1804-10-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 320-321
Scope and Contents
Concerning his solution for finding longitude; with diagrams.
Dates:
1804-10-11
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).