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Mark Watt on improvements in the construction of compasses, 1827
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 536-544
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
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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Martin Colquitt on perpetual motion, 1826-02-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/54: 63-64a
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:
1826-02-01
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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Material on war damage, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/634
Scope and Contents
A manuscript regarding the bombing of London during 1940-1944, detailing the number of houses destroyed, people killed, bombs dropped, etc., and stating when the Royal Observatory was bombed. There is also a photograph of the damage incurred by the Observatory.
Dates:
1945
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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Memorandum from F.M. Fyot, 1785
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 79-80
Scope and Contents
Concerning his assertion 'that the earth does not turn around the sun'.
Dates:
1785
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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Memorial of John Patteshull concerning a mercurial hour glass, 1786
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 268-271
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two memorials.
Dates:
1786
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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Memorial of Rev. William Patsull concerning a sand hour glass, 1786
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 267
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two memorials.
Dates:
1786
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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Memorial of Samuel Ward Flinders, 1806-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 33-34
Scope and Contents
Sent to the Board of Longitude, concerning his role as astronomer on HMS Investigator.
Dates:
1806-04
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
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence and related papers regarding observations made on voyages of discovery
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Correspondence regarding applications for a reward by Matthew Flinders and Lieutenant S.W. Flinders
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Memorials from Michael Taylor asking for remuneration, 1783
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/12: 448-452
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1783
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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Meteorological observations and papers, 1837 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/699
Scope and Contents
Observations and requests for information on meteorological phenomena, meteors and the Aurora Borealis. The volume includes observations of rainfall and air pressure; G. Graham's interpolation of London mortality figures and meteorological observations; a summary of weather at Helston, Cornwall, and Whittington, Shropshire; various observations of storms; an account of a hurricane in 'The Glasgow Herald', 1846; various observations of a solar halo; accounts of meteors and the Aurora...
Dates:
1837 - 1848
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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Method of finding the longitude at sea by the horary angles of the sun and moon, 1818-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 337
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Four letters and two methods submitted by Lieutenant George Lindesay of HMS Cherokee.
Dates:
1818-05
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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George Lindesay on finding the longitude by the horary angles the of sun and moon and the single altitude of the moon
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Miscellaneous meteorological papers, 1879 - 1897
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/128
Scope and Contents
Letter from the Royal Meteorological Society to the Astronomer Royal regarding discrepancies in sunshine records at Kew and Greenwich, 1896.0Summary totals of sunshine at Bunhill Row, Greenwich and Kew, 1896.Undated, unsigned notes regarding the conditions, position, etc., of sunshine recorders [1896].Comparative record of sunshine at Greenwich and Kew, 1891-1896 inclusive [1896].Letter, probably to the Royal Meteorological Society, regarding difference in...
Dates:
1879 - 1897
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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Miscellaneous meteorological papers, 1884 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/131
Scope and Contents
(1) Miscellaneous papers, 1888-1889Index sheet, 1889.Index sheet, 1888.Letter to W.G. King from H.C. Fox, 1888.Unsigned and undated memorandum [1888].Letter from W. Ellis to H.C. Fox replying to his letter, 1888.Letter from the R.M. College, Kingston, Ontario, and a reply from W. Ellis, 1888.Letter from W. Hoshen Richards regarding droughts and a reply from W. Ellis, 1888.Letter regarding cup...
Dates:
1884 - 1904
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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Monsieur de Lalande on tables he wishes the Board to purchase from him, 1790-10-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/46: 35-37
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding various astronomical and nautical tables.
Dates:
1790-10-20
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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Monsieur Duhamel on an instrument for showing magnetic variation, 1820-05-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 509-511
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Dates:
1820-05-15
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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Moral Sense-78 Letter, 1873-02-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 88: 126
Scope and Contents
Richard Buckley Litchfield to Charles Robert Darwin
Letter; written at [London]; postcard Letter from Richard Buckley Litchfield to Charles Robert Darwin; written at [London] postcard
(Letter)
Dates:
1873-02-26
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Moral Sense-116 Letter, 1873-03-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 88: 183-184
Scope and Contents
F B Johnston to Charles Robert Darwin
Letter; written at London Letter from F B Johnston to Charles Robert Darwin; written at London
(Letter)
Dates:
1873-03-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Mr Boner on an improved quadrant, 1789 - 1828
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/30: 405-407
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:
1789 - 1828
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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Mr Couroy on quadrate and tripartite of the circle, 1792-03-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/54: 214-215a
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:
1792-03-02
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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Mr Nugent's sextant and compass, 1793
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/30: 402-403
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:
1793
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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Mr Stevens sent me a stalk of a Hyacinth grown near London, 1872-04-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 193: 13r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1872-04-19
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Class:
Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Narrative of observations for ascertaining the longitude by a star, 1814-08-24 - 1814-10-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 161-170
Scope and Contents
Preceded by a copy of the same, and a cover note from Nicholas Vansittart to Captain Thomas Hurd.
Dates:
1814-08-24 - 1814-10-14
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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Nicolai Henrich Jaeger on finding longitude by magnetic variation, 1823
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 430-435
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Dates:
1823
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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'Northumbria': title, contents, preface and pp 137-140, 1888-01-01 - 1888-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 227.8: 71
Scope and Contents
Printed; by (Thomas) Tindall Wildridge; written at London
(Printed)
Dates:
1888-01-01 - 1888-12-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Note accompanying some papers by Monsieur le Roux, 1823-04-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/30: 332-333
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:
1823-04-02
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).