Covent Garden
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
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Computations, tables and observations, 1718 - 1767
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 2/18
Scope and Contents
Computations, tables, observations and miscellaneous papers. Nos 19-43 are bound together in the form of an exercise book.1. Observations of the planets, 17-18 May 1737, in Latin.2. Observations and calculations for 23-24 July 1739. 3. Observations at Stoke Newington, London, 1738. 4. Observations by J.N. Lillee of the passage of the Moon at Petersburg, 2-3 January 1738.5. Lunar observations at Paris, 1729-1723.6. French account of an...
Dates:
1718 - 1767
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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Letter from Chauncey Wright to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Covent Garden, 1872-09-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 170
Scope and Contents
Letter from Chauncey Wright to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Covent Garden
(Letter)
Dates:
1872-09-02
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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Letter from Chauncey Wright to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Covent Garden, 1872-08-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 169
Scope and Contents
Letter from Chauncey Wright to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Covent Garden
(Letter)
Dates:
1872-08-29
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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Letter from Seth Hunt to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 325-326
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Four letters from Hunt to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude. Hunt was an American citizen residing in Covent Garden, who obtained a patent for his new escapement in 1817.
Dates:
1819-03-27
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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Letter from Seth Hunt to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 327-328
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Four letters from Hunt to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude. Hunt was an American citizen residing in Covent Garden, who obtained a patent for his new escapement in 1817.
Dates:
1819-03-30
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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Letter from Seth Hunt to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-04-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 331
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Four letters from Hunt to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude. Hunt was an American citizen residing in Covent Garden, who obtained a patent for his new escapement in 1817.
Dates:
1819-04-06
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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Letter from Seth Hunt to the Commissioners of the Board of Longitude, 1819-03-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 329-330
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Four letters from Hunt to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude. Hunt was an American citizen residing in Covent Garden, who obtained a patent for his new escapement in 1817.
Dates:
1819-03-30
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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Letter from W.H. Mallison on a method of purifying water at sea, 1815-09-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 228-230
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:
1815-09-18
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).