Edinburgh
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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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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Printed pamphlet on two easy methods of finding the longitude, 1787-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 19-22
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
On finding longitude by eclipses of Jupiter's satellites and by the moon's meridian passage, and on a quadrant and other instruments.
Dates:
1787-07
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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Printed paper on two easy methods of finding the longitude at sea, 1787-07 - 1787-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 118-121
Scope and Contents
With a handwritten supplement by Mitchel; see also [RGO 14/38: 129-132]. The methods proposed are by the eclipse of Jupiter's satellites and by observing the moon's passage over the meridian using his new improved quadrant.
Dates:
1787-07 - 1787-08
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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Printed paper on two easy methods of finding the longitude at sea, 1787-06 - 1788-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 129-132
Scope and Contents
With a handwritten supplement by Mitchel; see also [RGO 14/38: 118-121].
Dates:
1787-06 - 1788-05
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).