Portsmouth
Found in 216 Collections and/or Records:
Astronomical observations made at sea between Portsmouth and Madeira, 1801-07-19 - 1801-08-01
Observations made by John Crosley on his voyage to New Holland (Australia) on board HMS Investigator to carry out surveying.
Bill of receipt of £50 from the Rev. Belward, 10 Aug. 1791
Letters home, written during Gooch's final examinations at Cambridge and in the preparatory and early stages of his voyage on the Daedalus (up to the ship's arrival at Tenerife in September 1791). The series also includes a note received from a friend and various bills of receipt.
Copy of a letter from Captain D. Buchan of HMS Grasshopper concerning the return of a chronometer, 1822-06-03
Sent to John Croker; for a related letter, see [RGO 5/229: 47].
Copy of a letter from Captain Percy Grace to Admiral Sir George Martin concerning a replacement chronometer, 1824-05-17
Correspondence between the Admiralty Office and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, requesting the loan of chronometers for H M Ships. The principal recipient is John Pond; the principal correspondent is John Barrow. Other correspondents include John Croker, Richard S. Dundas, G. Smith, John Franklin and Sir William Edward Parry.
Copy of a letter received from James Inman ordering a chronometer for HMS Primrose under Commander Griffenhoofe, 1827-08-22
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Copy of a letter to Captain Beaufort ordering the next H M Ship travelling to Devonport to convey chronometers to the depot there, 1829-12-16
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Copy of a letter to Captain Falcon concerning two chronometers for HMS Spartiate, 1823-08-07
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning a report on a possible accident to chronometers 330 and 338 by Arnold, 1823-11-25
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Copy of a letter to John Croker concerning repairs to six chronometers at Portsmouth, 1827-07-06
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Copy of a letter to Mr [?Becher] requesting weekly rates for chronometers at the Devonport and Portsmouth depots, 1830-03-15
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Correspondence on galvanic time, 1849 - 1855
Correspondence on galvanic time, 1855 - 1858
Correspondence on terrestrial longitude, 1833 - 1848
Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1875 - 1878
Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1858 - 1860
Extracts from the minutes of 2 June 1761, 1761
The extract is incomplete.
Letter concerning a chronometer for Captain Sir John [James] Stirling, 1833-11-16
Sent by Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Aetna under Commander Belcher, 1830-09-18
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Albion under Captain John Acworth Ommanney, 1825-08-25
Sent from John Croker to John Pond.
Letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Alfred, the transport of a chronometer to Portsmouth, and irregularities in the weekly report on chronometers, 1831-05-26
Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.
Letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Arachne, 1827-01-01
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond; see also [RGO 5/230: 4].
Letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Arachne under Commander William Robert Ashley Pettman, 1827-01-05
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond; see also [RGO 5/230: 3].
Letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Ariadne under Captain Adolphus Fitzclarence, 1826-03-23
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Atholl under Captain Alexander Gordon, 1829-07-21
Sent from John Croker to John Pond.
Letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Badger under Captain Charles Crowdy, 1828-03-24
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.