Saint Helena
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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Astronomical tables, 1715
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 2/16
Scope and Contents
Various astronomical tables, including:1. A letter from John Senex of London, 16 May 1715, requesting information on a comet and a meeting with Halley. A list of observations and calculations is on the reverse.2. Table of the different declinations of the stars in the eclipse.3. Logarithm tables.4. Annual ephemeris for the Sun.5. Table on the Sun's declination.6. Table of angles of the stars from the ecliptic.7. List of angles of the...
Dates:
1715
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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Entries for May, 1774-05-01 - 1774-05-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/56: 127r-134v
Scope and Contents
Entries for May include many observations of lunar distance, with mention that Bayly was using sextants by Dollond and Ramsden. Entries for 7-8 May record the ship’s bearings from St Helene [St Helena]. In the entry for 17 May, Bayly records that the log had exceeded the observations, requiring him to adjust his calculations. On 28 May he also recorded the loss of his thermometer, which broke when the bottom fell out having become unstuck.
Dates:
1774-05-01 - 1774-05-31
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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Journal of voyage to St Helena, 1761-01-21 - 1761-04-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/150
Scope and Contents
'Journal of a voyage from England to St Helena, Ship Prince Henry, East India Man, Charles Haggis, Commander' A record of the observations and calculations carried out by the astronomer Nevil Maskelyne on his voyage to the island of St. Helena. It is a mix of rough and neat observations from the journey and opens with tightly-packed calculations and notes to himself. This is followed by neatly set-out tables of daily entries which run from 21 January to 6 April 1761 (when the...
Dates:
1761-01-21 - 1761-04-06
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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Log entries for May, 1775-05-01 - 1775-05-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 166v-172
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries, except for 16-20 May for which there is a single summarised entry. The Resolution was travelling on a course via the island of St. Helena (sighted on 14 May) and Ascension Island. The entries include remarks by Wales on his calculations of longitude [RGO 14/58: 170]. That for 29 May includes a description of Ascension Island: ‘The whole island of Ascension seems to be one great heap of lava or melted matter’; it also recounts the arrival of a sloop from New York, from...
Dates:
1775-05-01 - 1775-05-31
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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Observations at St Helena, 1761 - 1762
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/2
Scope and Contents
Observations with the zenith sector at St Helena, including descriptions of the observational techniques involved and an account of the zenith distances of the stars taken with the ten foot sector.
Dates:
1761 - 1762
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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Observations at the Island of St. Helena, 1775-05-18 - 1775-05-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/59/2: 27r
Scope and Contents
These include daily observations and observations for the dip of the needle.
Dates:
1775-05-18 - 1775-05-20
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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Observations made between Port Jackson and St Helena, 1801 - 1805
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 110r-119r
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
The observations form a continuous run, with occasional headings based on location (reproduced here).
Dates:
1801 - 1805
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).