Dublin
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Calculations and tables, 1684 - 1690
Correspondence on observations given, 1889 - 1907
Correspondence on terrestrial longitude, 1833 - 1848
Illustrated letter from Dr Patrick Browne to the Board of longitude, 1782-09-04
Concerning 'the longitude discovered on mathematical principals and made clear and safely both by sea and land'. The letter outlines his proposed method of finding longitude and includes drawings. It was marked as undeserving of the Board's attention by Nevil Maskelyne.
John Monck on a variation compass and finding the longitude thereby, 1801 - 1802
Correspondence regarding the effects of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Letter concerning a request for the performance rates of a chronometer withdrawn from a trial, 1825-07-18
Sent from James Scott to John Pond.
Letter concerning the deposit of a chronometer at the Royal Observatory, 1825-01-27
Sent from James Scott to John Wilson Croker.
Letter concerning the rejection of a chronometer submitted for a trial, 1825-07-11
Sent from James Scott to John Pond.
Letter from James Hughes to John Wilson Croker, 1813-07-27
Enquiring about a chart of longitude he had submitted.
Letter from [Mr Stendaff?] attesting to the good character of Patrick Leahy, 1822-06-19
Three letters and a proposal.
Letter from Patrick Leahy to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-11-03
Three letters and a proposal.
Letter from [Thomas Elrington] to John Wilson Croker, 1819-06-07
With an index of names.
Letter from Thomas Ruxton to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1817-07-30
In which Ruxton describes two instruments he had designed (but not yet made): an instrument for measuring the force and direction of any current, and a new chronometer. Ruxton mentions that his name was not unknown as he had previously patented 'the Inviolable Perfect Lock'. The letter also contains a copy of Thomas Hurd's reply, stating that the Board could give no opinion on the merit of his invention without practical trials.
Letter requesting the return of a chronometer and a statement of its performance rates, 1825-07-18
Sent from James Scott to Thomas Taylor.
Memorial of Rev. William Patsull concerning a sand hour glass, 1786
Two memorials.