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Item
Letter from Thomas Borrinsale to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1818-07-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 266-267
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters.
Dates:
1818-07-05
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).
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 T. Borrinsale on finding the longitude by a single altitude of moon or sun
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Letter from Thomas Borrinsale to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1818-07-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 268-269
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters.
Dates:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas T. Borrinsale on finding the longitude by a single altitude of moon or sun
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Letter from Thomas Briggs of HMS Queen Charlotte to [Dr Thomas Young?], 1819-01-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 243-244
Scope and Contents
Concerning Robert Tucker's proposed method of finding longitude.
Dates:
1819-01-26
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).
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 Jupiter's satellites, the planets and fixed stars
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Captain Robert Tucker on a method using the altitude and a true bearing of the pole star
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Letter from Thomas Cook to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-02-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 252-252a
Scope and Contents
Requesting that his claim for finding longitude by soundings, which he had submitted before the Lords of the Treasury, be presented to the Board of Longitude. He also states that he had left a model for their inspection.
Dates:
1828-02-19
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 Thomas Cook to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-03-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 253-253a
Scope and Contents
Enquiring about when and where he should leave his model instrument for inspection by the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1828-03-10
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 Thomas Cook to Dr Thomas Young, 1828-03-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 254-255
Scope and Contents
Requesting that the Board of Longitude inspect a model he had submitted for determining longitude by means of a deep sounding.
Dates:
1828-03-10
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 Thomas Cumming to the Board of Longitude, 1821-01-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 352-353
Scope and Contents
Concerning the rate of his chronometer.
Dates:
1821-01-29
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).
Item
Letter from Thomas Cumming to the Board of Longitude, 1823-02-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 364-366
Scope and Contents
Concerning the rate of his chronometer.
Dates:
1823-02-06
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 Thomas Earnshaw to the Board of Longitude, 1802-03-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 349-350
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:
1802-03-06
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 Thomas Earnshaw to the Board of Longitude, 1792-06-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 358-359
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:
1792-06-01
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).
Item
Letter from Thomas Earnshaw to the Board of Longitude, 1798-06-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 360-361
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:
1798-06-02
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 Thomas Earnshaw to the Board of Longitude, 1798-11-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 283-284
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
The series also includes two accounts of the rates of watches by Josiah Emory.
Dates:
1798-11-30
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 Thomas Earnshaw to the Board of Longitude, 1799-03-01
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 285-286
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
The series also includes two accounts of the rates of watches by Josiah Emory.
Dates:
1799-03-01
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 Thomas Earnshaw to the Board of Longitude, 1801-06-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/25: 287
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
The series also includes two accounts of the rates of watches by Josiah Emory.
Dates:
1801-06-04
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 [Thomas Elrington] to John Wilson Croker, 1819-06-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 59-59a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file :
With an index of names.
Dates:
1819-06-07
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 Thomas Evans on an instrument for taking altitudes of the Sun without a horizon, 1811-12-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 113-115
Scope and Contents
Sent to John Wilson Croker.
Dates:
1811-12-15
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 Thomas Hedgcock to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1815-08-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 288-289
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
24 letters, with related papers and observations.
Dates:
1815-08-24
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
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
Item
Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1815-11-07
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 290-291
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
24 letters, with related papers and observations.
Dates:
1815-11-07
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
Item
Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1816-02-28
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 294-294a
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing the letter at [RGO 14/35: 295-295a].
Dates:
1816-02-28
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
Item
Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1816-09-04
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 296-296a
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing the letter at [RGO 14/35: 297-298].
Dates:
1816-09-04
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
Item
Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1818-05-28
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 299-299a
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing the letter at [RGO 14/35: 300-301].
Dates:
1818-05-28
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
Item
Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1815-02-15 - 1816-02-15
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 285-285a
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
24 letters, with related papers and observations.
Dates:
1815-02-15 - 1816-02-15
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
Item
Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to Dr Thomas Young, 1821-02-27
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 311-313
Scope and Contents
Enclosing a proposal for the attention of the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1821-02-27
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 of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
Item
Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-12-03
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 330-331
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
24 letters, with related papers and observations.
Dates:
1827-12-03
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star
Item
Letter from Thomas Hedgcock to John Wilson Croker, 1816-01-08
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 292-293
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
24 letters, with related papers and observations.
Dates:
1816-01-08
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
Thomas Hedgcock on finding the longitude by an altitude of the sun, moon or star