New Zealand
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Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence on Commonwealth observatories, 1958 - 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/441
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding observatories in Australia and New Zealand.
Dates:
1958 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access:
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Correspondence on International Geophysical Year, 1952 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/565
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding International Geophysical Year, including the following items:Copy of a United Kingdom programme for International Geophysical Year, revised to July 1955.Correspondence concerning the longitudes of the International Geophysical Year stations, 1956.List of stations in China for International Geophysical Year, 1956.Correspondence concerning the loan of instruments and photographs for an exhibition at the Science Museum,...
Dates:
1952 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
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Correspondence on the Nautical Almanac Office, 1939 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/27
Scope and Contents
(1) Miscellaneous correspondence and related material concerning the Nautical Almanac Office. There are papers regarding staff finance, including concession passes issued to staff, salaries, reference sheets and data supplied by the N.A.O. to H.G. Barker, Secretary and Cashier for the Royal Observatory, for making payments. There is also correspondence regarding Hollerith equipment for the N.A.O.; telegrams from the Colonial Office regarding Greenwich Mean Time and British Summer Time in the...
Dates:
1939 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
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Correspondence with foreign observatories, 1964 - 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/779
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with various overseas observatories, A-R, including the following items:Australia: papers concerning the 150-inch telescope proposal, the use of the Isaac Newton Telescope at the Mount Stromlo Observatory, and other observatories.Egypt: correspondence concerned mainly with the Helwan Observatory, including observing trips, maintenance and students studying at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.Africa: correspondence with various African observatories,...
Dates:
1964 - 1968
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Correspondence with overseas institutions, 1965-04-14 - 1966-06-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/567
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Canadian, New Zealand and other overseas observatories and universities, including J.F. Heard, Director of the David Dunlap Observatory, Richmond Hill, Ontario, and R.T. Wallace, Dean of Administration at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Dates:
1965-04-14 - 1966-06-27
Conditions Governing Access:
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Correspondence with overseas observatories, 1969-11-27 - 1972-03-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 10/575
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Canadian, New Zealand and other overseas observatories, including B.I. Olson of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver; J.H. Hodgson of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa; D.J. Cameron of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand; W.H. Wehlan of the University of Western Ontario, regarding a position as Visiting Professor at the University; B.K. Mukherjee of the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario; S.R. Sreenivasan of the University of...
Dates:
1969-11-27 - 1972-03-22
Conditions Governing Access:
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Eclipses and longitude calculations, 1869 - 1876
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/118
Scope and Contents
Material concerning eclipses and calculations for longitude. The volume begins with the 1869 eclipse and includes a photograph, Professor Young's report and correspondence with L. Swift and B. Pierce. This is followed by material on the 1870 eclipse and computations for future eclipses in 1878, 1905, 1914 and 1954, and in 430, 674, 671 and 688 BC; maps for the 1875 eclipses; an article on future eclipses from 'The Times', 7 September 1871; and a piece on the 1724 total eclipse. There are six...
Dates:
1869 - 1876
Conditions Governing Access:
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Entries for April, 1773-04-01 - 1773-04-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/56: 61v- 63r
Scope and Contents
Entries are provided for 1-7 April only, when the ship landed at New Zealand. On 3 April Bayly records sighting the land between Rock’s Point and Cape Farewell, and the following entry includes observations of lunar distance from Aldebaran from which he estimates their longitude. The ship travelled via Stephen’s Island and across the east side of Admiralty Bay, anchoring at the entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound on 6 April. There, Bayly set up an observatory, and his observations are recorded...
Dates:
1773-04-01 - 1773-04-07
Conditions Governing Access:
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Entries for December, 1773-12-03 - 1773-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/56: 100v-103r
Scope and Contents
The early entries for December are intermittent, with daily entries resuming on 23 December. Bayly records that he went on shore at Ship Cove [Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand] from 3-16 December to make observations. Lengthy entries for 17-18 December provide an account of an incident in which local Maori killed and cannibalised a party of men from the Adventure who had gone ashore ‘to get greens for the people’. This is followed by a list of those murdered, and of the equipment which was...
Dates:
1773-12-03 - 1773-12-31
Conditions Governing Access:
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Entries for November, 1773-11-01 - 1773-11-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/56: 94r-100v
Scope and Contents
The entry for 5 November records that the ship was greeted by several canoes near Cape Palliser, from which they procured supplies of fish and cloth [RGO 14/56: 95r]. They journeyed on past Cape Kidnappers, anchoring at Tolaga Bay on 9 November. The entries for 9-16 November are intermittent, and include descriptions of the bay and observations taken by Bayly. The entry for 10 November describes a thunderstorm and mountainous seas which made it impossible to leave the bay until 16 November....
Dates:
1773-11-01 - 1773-11-30
Conditions Governing Access:
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Entries for October, 1773-10-01 - 1773-10-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/56: 87r-94r
Scope and Contents
On 2 October they arrived at Middleberg, and Bayly notes that they anchored the next day at Amsterdam where they remained until 7 October. He describes buying fruit, hogs and fowl there, and notes their difficulty in finding a good harbour and fresh water [RGO 14/56: 87v]. The entry for 4 October includes his observations taken while ashore. On 10 October they sighted 'the Island of Pillsteet'. Entries include many observations of lunar distance, with sightings of albatrosses and porpoises....
Dates:
1773-10-01 - 1773-10-31
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letter from James Basire, 1788-02-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/16: 311-313
Scope and Contents
Regarding engraving work done on a chart of Australia ('New Holland') and New Zealand.
Dates:
1788-02-27
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letters from observatories, 1869 - 1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/150
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies; the foundation of new observatories at Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand; requests for astronomical works; and recommendations for the Indian observatories. The correspondents include H. Merivale, N.R. Pogson, C.E. Delaunay, Sir W. Denison, J.A. Broun, R.L.J. Ellery, B.A. Gould, the Earl of Rosse, R. Grant, Sir D. Gill, W.M. Maskell, J.C. Adams, A.R. Clarke and W. Harkness. There are proceedings and...
Dates:
1869 - 1872
Conditions Governing Access:
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Letters from observatories, 1878 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/153
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, the foundation of new observatories in Jamaica and Japan, requests for instruments for New Zealand, and reports from various centres. The correspondents include C.P. Smyth, R. Herbert, L. Mallet, W.H.M. Christie, Sir D. Gill, C. Pritchard, N.R. Pogson, E.J. Stone, A.E.B. Mouchez, the Earl of Rosse, O. Struve and E.B. Baillaud. There are also reports from the Edinburgh, Colaba, Oxford University and Strasbourg...
Dates:
1878 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
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Log entries for June, 1773-06-06 - 1773-06-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 40-46
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries are provided from 6 June when the ship left Queen Charlotte Sound with the Adventure in company, travelling on a course towards the Society Islands and Tahiti. Wales records that Mr Arnold’s watch stopped on 7 June [RGO 14/58: 40v]. On 22 June he went on board the Adventure and found that Mr Arnold’s No. 1 timekeeper was slower than Mr Kendall’s [RGO 14/58: 44]. On 10 and 14 June the Resolution briefly lost sight of the Adventure again, but the two fell in upon firing...
Dates:
1773-06-06 - 1773-06-30
Conditions Governing Access:
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Log entries for March, 1773-03-01 - 1773-03-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 31-37
Scope and Contents
Log entries covering the voyage through the Southern Ocean and the return voyage to New Zealand, to which the ship bore away on 16 March. Entries include reports on electrical experiments carried out by Wales [RGO 14/58: 31v] and on seeing the Southern Lights. The entry dated 26 March in fact covers the period until 28 March, and includes descriptions of Dusky Bay and Pickersgill’s Cove, New Zealand, where Wales was required to fell some trees in order to take observations [RGO 14/58: 37v]....
Dates:
1773-03-01 - 1773-03-28
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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Log entries for November, 1773-11-01 - 1773-11-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 68v-70
Scope and Contents
Entries for 3-25 November take the form of three short summaries while the ship was in New Zealand. The ship sailed from Cape Campbell, via Cape Koameroo, arriving at Queen Charlotte Sound on 3 November, where Wales took observations. In the entry for 23-25 November Wales records having ‘occular demonstration of the inhabitants of this country being canniballs’ (sic) of which he had previously been sceptical; he does not provide further details [RGO 14/58: 69]. He also mentions that the ship...
Dates:
1773-11-01 - 1773-11-30
Conditions Governing Access:
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Log entries for October, 1773-10-01 - 1773-10-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 62-68
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries covering the journey to New Zealand via the Tongan islands or ‘Friendly Islands’. Wales records that on 1 October they sighted Tasman’s Middleberg, followed the next day by Tonga-Tabu or Amsterdam [RGO 14/58: 62]. On 4 October he went on shore on Amsterdam Island where he took observations and made a sketch of the north side of the island; Wales also records observations on the tides [RGO 14/58: 62]. On 9 October they saw Pӱlstreet’s Island but did not stop there [RGO...
Dates:
1773-10-01 - 1773-10-31
Conditions Governing Access:
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Log entries for October, 1774-10-01 - 1774-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 129v-134
Scope and Contents
Daily entries from 1-18 October only, covering the voyage via the Norfolk Islands to Ship’s Cove, New Zealand, and including a map of the Norfolk Islands [RGO 14/58: 134]. An entry for 8 October records that a porpoise was caught and brought on board ‘which made a feast for the whole ship’s company’ [RGO 14/58: 131v]. The entry for 10 October includes a description of Norfolk Islands [RGO 14/58: 132a] while that for 18 October describes landing at Ship’s Cove and the difficulties Wales...
Dates:
1774-10-01 - 1774-10
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Observations at Dusky Bay in New Zealand, 1773-04-02 - 1773-04-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59/2: 5v-8r
Scope and Contents
These include daily observations; observations of distances; observations for the variation of the compass; observations for the dip of the needle; observations on the tides; observations for the going of the clock; observations of the rates of the two watches; and observations for the latitude of Dusky Bay.
Dates:
1773-04-02 - 1773-04-25
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Observations at Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand, 1773-05-21 - 1773-06-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59/2: 8v
Scope and Contents
These include daily observations, observations for the dip of the needle, and observations for the going of the watches.
Dates:
1773-05-21 - 1773-06-03
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Observations at Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand, 1773-11-05 - 1773-11-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59/2: 10v-12v
Scope and Contents
These include daily observations; observations of distances; observations for the latitude of Queen Charlotte Sound; observations on the tides; observations for the variation of the compass; observations for the dip of the magnetic needle; observations for the going of the clock; and observations for the going of Mr Kendall’s watch.
Dates:
1773-11-05 - 1773-11-22
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Observations at Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand, 1774-10-21 - 1774-11-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59/2: 17v-19v
Scope and Contents
These include daily observations; lunar observations; observations for determining the error of the line of collimation of the quadrant; observations for the latitude; observations for the dip of the needle; observations for the going of the clock; and observations for the going of the watch.
Dates:
1774-10-21 - 1774-11-08
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Observations at sea, 1773-12-22 - 1774-03-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/57: 58r-64r
Scope and Contents
Observations made after the Adventure left Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand, while travelling towards the Cape of Good Hope. As a result of a mistake in the logbook in which he had accidentally gone forward a whole day, Bayly includes two records of observations for 26 February 1774, with a corresponding note.
Dates:
1773-12-22 - 1774-03-18
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Observations at sea, 1773-11-16 - 1773-11-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/57: 54r-54v
Scope and Contents
Observations made off the east coast of New Zealand, while travelling from Tolaga Bay to Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand.
Dates:
1773-11-16 - 1773-11-29
Conditions Governing Access:
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