Edinburgh
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A Description of Scotland and other papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5124
Scope and Contents
'The description of Scotland and the King's entertainment there', 8 folios. It begins: 'First for the country I must confesse...', and ends: '...a tower as Edenborough in Lowsir Scotland'. The papers include: (fo. 2) [Thomas Scott], 'Vox Populi', 1620; (fo. 8v) verses, 'Ther's proclamation sent, Great Brittaine round about'.
Dates:
1650 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Botanical Society of Edinburgh: award of honorary membership to Charles Darwin, 11 Jan. 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 229: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Class:
This class comprises certificates, awards and diplomas presented to Charles Darwin during his lifetime. The correspondence relating to the presentation of these diplomas is listed separately under DAR 230.
Dates:
11 Jan. 1866
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Broadsheet: Thomas Areskine, To all the People of the Kingdom of Scotland in General, and to the Inhabitants of Edinburgh in Particular, Edinburgh, 1736
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8366/22
Dates:
1736
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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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Computations, tables and observations, 1718 - 1767
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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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Conclusions Mitchella [continued], 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: B91
Scope and Contents
Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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From the Fonds:
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Confirmed minutes, 1823 - 1829
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/8
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Board of Longitude meetings regarding, among other matters, experiments to discover the longitude of Falmouth; instruments required by Fearon Fallows at the Cape of Good Hope; Sir Humphrey Davy's suggestion of publishing a catalogue of double stars by John Herschel and Sir James South; Johann Tiarks's trip to Heligoland to discover the longitude of the island and its relative position to both the coast of Germany and Greenwich; the purchase of a 14-foot reflecting telescope for...
Dates:
1823 - 1829
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Copy of a letter and proposal from George Lindesay, 1821-01-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/41: 133-134
Scope and Contents
Sent to Vice-Admiral Sir William Hope.
Dates:
1821-01-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Copy of a letter from Thomas Hurd to R. Paisley, 1815-03-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 217
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters.
Dates:
1815-03-03
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
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R. Paisley on finding the longitude by the rising and setting of the sun and moon
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Correspondence on terrestrial longitude, 1833 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/181
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on finding terrestrial longitude by testing chronometers at the culmination of Moon and stars. There is material on the longitudes of Chelmsford, Limerick, Port Stephen (Australia), Paris, Edinburgh, Antwerp, Dublin, Armagh, Cambridge, Oxford, Bedford, Hartwell, Portsmouth, Devonport, Hamburg, Liverpool and Regent's Park. The correspondents include E.J. Cooper, J.C. Fremont, P.P. King, W.H.C. Bartlett, Sir F. Beaufort, G. Fisher, E. Sabine, T. Henderson, R. Sheepshanks, J....
Dates:
1833 - 1848
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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Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1875 - 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/618
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related papers on the time signal and time ball service, including the failures of the Greenwich time signal; notes and a report on the time signals at Portsmouth Dockyard; questions and answers on the Edinburgh time signals; a list of British time signal stations; enquiries from various individuals and the Norwegian and Swedish governments on time signals; time balls proposed for Calcutta and the West Indies; errors and corrections in the Westminster and Post Office...
Dates:
1875 - 1878
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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Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1858 - 1860
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/614
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related papers on the time signals at Portsmouth, Devonport and Sheerness and the tests, errors and running of time balls at Gravesend, Newcastle, Liverpool, Glasgow, Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. The papers include a newspaper cutting from 'The Gateshead Observer' on the importance of time balls; accounts and reports on the Post Office clocks; papers on the regulation of the London Bridge and Westminster Great Clock; and papers on the regulation of the Edinburgh...
Dates:
1858 - 1860
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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Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1861 - 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/615
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related papers on the time signal and the time ball service. There are various papers on the signalling of time by a falling ball or by cannon fire at Birmingham, Cardiff, Devonport, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Madras, Newcastle, Nice and the Palais Royale, Paris; proposals for time balls at Wellington (New Zealand), Ipswich, and Port Elizabeth; proposals for clocks and bells in Worcester; details of local time signals in 'The Scotsman', 'Daily Review', 'Glasgow Daily Herald',...
Dates:
1861 - 1866
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).
Sub-Series
Correspondence with telegraph companies, 1860 - 1866
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/630
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with various telegraph companies concerned mainly with the failure of time signals, the refurbishment and repairs of wires, the connections with the Royal Observatory, and the trials of overhead wires. There are papers regarding tests on the Dartford Earth current wires; the damage and restoration of telegraph wires due to snowstorms; Airy's details of telegraphic equipment and methods employed at the Royal Observatory, found in 'Description of the galvanic connexions'; a...
Dates:
1860 - 1866
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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Correspondence with William Mitchel on the question of remuneration for his work on an improved quadrant, 1765 - 1786
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/12: 363-373
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1765 - 1786
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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Darwin and Huxley versus their critics 'Scotsman': [2]f [2 cut cols], 1862-01-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.1: 156
Scope and Contents
Printed; by "Amor scientiae"; written at Edinburgh
(Printed)
Dates:
1862-01-23
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Part:
High Risk material. Access restricted due to fragility.
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Diverse-123 Letter, 1871-05-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 89: 177-178
Scope and Contents
Charles William Peach to Charles Robert Darwin
Letter; written at Edinburgh; plus sketch Letter from Charles William Peach to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Edinburgh plus sketch
(Letter)
Dates:
1871-05-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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From J.H. Balfour, Edinburgh, 22 Oct. 1860
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8189/9
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
In the following correspondence, which mostly relates to the various aspects of Pamplin's business career, are represented many of the leading botanists of the middle decades of the nineteenth century. A similar, though larger, collection is in the Archives Department of the University of Wales, Bangor (Pamplin Papers); and other letters, diaries and notebooks are held at the National Library of Wales (MSS 7492-7509). The following letters are mounted on paper, frequently two letters to a...
Dates:
22 Oct. 1860
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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From Siegfried Sassoon, [Edinburgh], 24 Nov. 1917 (Circa, year taken from postmark)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/S/45
Scope and Contents
Glad Dent likes the 'picture' [Glyn Philpot's portrait of Sassoon]; has insisted that he be allowed to return to the front; is sure Philpot would be delighted to let the Fitzwilliam Museum have the portrait
Dates:
24 Nov. 1917 (Circa, year taken from postmark)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Having conceived with Mr Kay that a "Zoological walk" to Portobello would not only be conducive to our own amusement, 1826-01-01 - 1827-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 5: A49-A51
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1826-01-01 - 1827-12-31
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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Interleaved abstract: Discovery of the former existence of glaciers in Scotland, especially in the Highlands, by Professor Agassiz 'Scotsman': [3]d-e [3 cut cols], 7 Oct. 1840
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 5: B66
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Edinburgh
(Printed)
Dates:
7 Oct. 1840
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.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Darwin Archive
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Edinburgh student material and early geological notes
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Early geological notes, 1831-1842
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Printed pages from chapter on Geology from 'Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle Volume 3', pp. 267-298, annotated with additional notes by Charles Darwin
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James Bremner on a new theory of magnetism, 1826 - 1828
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 525-534
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Dates:
1826 - 1828
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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James Tait on a method of correcting the variation of the compass by means of Mica, 1820-04-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 387-389
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Dates:
1820-04-04
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 A Duncan to Robert Waring Darwin; written at Edinburgh, 1784-09-01 - 1784-09-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 227.6: 8
Scope and Contents
Letter from A Duncan to Robert Waring Darwin; written at Edinburgh
(Letter)
Dates:
1784-09-01 - 1784-09-30
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.