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Letter from Viktor Carus to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Edinburgh, 1873-05-01 - 1873-05-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 161: 89
Scope and Contents
Letter from Viktor Carus to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Edinburgh
(Letter)
Dates:
1873-05-01 - 1873-05-10
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Letter from Viktor Carus to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Edinburgh, 1874-05-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 161: 95
Scope and Contents
Letter from Viktor Carus to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Edinburgh
(Letter)
Dates:
1874-05-22
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Letter from Viktor Carus to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Edinburgh, 1874-07-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 161: 96
Scope and Contents
Letter from Viktor Carus to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Edinburgh
(Letter)
Dates:
1874-07-07
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Letter from William Fullerton Lindsay-Carnegie to Sir Charles Lyell; written at Edinburgh marked by Charles Robert Darwin, 1838-02-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 170: 3
Scope and Contents
Letter from William Fullerton Lindsay-Carnegie to Sir Charles Lyell; written at Edinburgh marked by Charles Robert Darwin
(Letter)
Dates:
1838-02-14
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Letter from William Harvie to George Gilpin, 1804-04-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 540-541
Scope and Contents
Concerning his method of determining longitude, which he called 'Longitude discovered by an Observation of the Sun'. Harvie mentions that he had been a master in the merchant service and was in the navy, but was now 76 years old and 'an old worn out seaman'.
Dates:
1804-04-13
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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Letters from observatories, 1875 - 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/152
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, an enquiry into the transfer of Edinburgh Observatory, requests for new instruments, and the current state of work carried out at various centres. The correspondents include Sir H. Grubb, Lord Lindsay, C.P. Smyth, L. Mallet, Sir C.R. Markham, G.G. Stokes, N.R. Pogson, R.L.J. Ellery, W. De La Rue, C. Pritchard and F.A.T. Winnecke. There are numerous reports from observatories at Adelaide (1875), Dearbourne...
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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Letters from observatories, 1878 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/153
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, the foundation of new observatories in Jamaica and Japan, requests for instruments for New Zealand, and reports from various centres. The correspondents include C.P. Smyth, R. Herbert, L. Mallet, W.H.M. Christie, Sir D. Gill, C. Pritchard, N.R. Pogson, E.J. Stone, A.E.B. Mouchez, the Earl of Rosse, O. Struve and E.B. Baillaud. There are also reports from the Edinburgh, Colaba, Oxford University and Strasbourg...
Dates:
1878 - 1879
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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Letters from observatories, 1852 - 1858
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/145
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, explanation of the mechanism and construction of time balls at Copenhagen and Edinburgh, the establishment of an observatory at Quebec, and the purchase of chronometers for the Lisbon Observatory. The correspondents include Admiral Radstock, B.A. Gould, J. Glaisher, J. Challis, C.P. Smyth, M.J. Johnson, J.F.W. Herschel and C. Frodsham. There are reports on the Brussels Observatory, 1852-1853, by L.A. Quetelet;...
Dates:
1852 - 1858
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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Man-129 Letter, 1870-01-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 80: B158-B159
Scope and Contents
Sir William Turner to Charles Robert Darwin
Letter; written at Edinburgh Letter from Sir William Turner to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Edinburgh
(Letter)
Dates:
1870-01-03
Conditions Governing Access:
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Mark Watt on improvements in the construction of compasses, 1827
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 536-544
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:
1827
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Medical Society of Edinburgh: award of honorary membership to Charles Darwin, 1861
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 229: 6
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:
1861
Conditions Governing Access:
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Mr Huxley's fancies about man and apes 'Scotsman': 6e [2 cut cols], 1862-01-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.1: 156
Scope and Contents
Printed; by "Scalpel"; written at Edinburgh
(Printed)
Dates:
1862-01-18
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Part:
High Risk material. Access restricted due to fragility.
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Narrative of observations for ascertaining the longitude by a star, 1814-08-24 - 1814-10-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 161-170
Scope and Contents
Preceded by a copy of the same, and a cover note from Nicholas Vansittart to Captain Thomas Hurd.
Dates:
1814-08-24 - 1814-10-14
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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NS I Chap 7-138 Letter, 1860-05-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 47: 153-153a
Scope and Contents
Andrew Murray to Charles Robert Darwin
Letter; written at Edinburgh Letter from Andrew Murray to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Edinburgh
(Letter)
Dates:
1860-05-03
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NS I Glacial Period-2 Letter, 1868-12-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: E3-E8
Scope and Contents
James Croll to Charles Robert Darwin
Letter; secondary type: draft; written at Edinburgh Letter from James Croll to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Edinburgh; secondary type: draft
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-12-02
Conditions Governing Access:
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Observations of transit of Venus, 1765 - 1769
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/146
Scope and Contents
Errors of tabular places of Venus, 1765 and 1769, and a letter from Maskelyne requesting the observations of the transit of Venus as observed from Edinburgh, 20 June 1769.
Dates:
1765 - 1769
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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On Darwin's theory of development 'Scotsman': 4a-b (5 cut cols), 1864-12-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.1: 157-159
Scope and Contents
Printed; by George Douglas Argyll née Campbell; written at Edinburgh
(Printed)
Dates:
1864-12-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Part:
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'On the parallel roads of Lochaber, with remarks on the change of relative levels of sea and land in Scotland' [Neill]: 54pp, 1847-01-01 - 1847-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 139.5: 1
Scope and Contents
Printed; by David Milne-Home; written at Edinburgh
(Printed)
Dates:
1847-01-01 - 1847-12-31
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On the unity and antiquity of the human race 'Scotsman': 6d-e [4 cut cols], 1866-12-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.1: 156-157
Scope and Contents
Printed; by John Duns; written at Edinburgh
(Printed)
Dates:
1866-12-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Part:
High Risk material. Access restricted due to fragility.
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Papers on determining galvanic longitudes, 1852 - 1854
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/633
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concerning the use galvanic signals to determine longitude. The papers describe the attempts to establish the longitude of the Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge Observatories by observing set stars and taking the difference between the local time and the Greenwich Time received by telegraphic signal. Other centres included in the project, but not necessarily tested, were Liverpool, Dublin, Vienna, Bristol and Lowestoft. The papers include correspondence with C.P....
Dates:
1852 - 1854
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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Papers on meteorology, 1829 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/701
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding, chiefly, meteorological instruments and experiments, with related papers. The volume includes illustrations and a description of G. Dollond's weather instrument for measuring wind, rain, humidity and temperature; material on J.T. Goddard's improved anenometer; instructions for fixing the standard barometer; a piece from the 'Nautical Magazine' on an aneroid barometer; 'Lawson's meteorological thermometer stand'; discussions with J.D. Forbes on one year's...
Dates:
1829 - 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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Papers on the galvanic longitude of Edinburgh, 1855 - 1858
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/636
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding the operation to discover the longitude of Edinburgh by means of electric telegraph. The papers include material on the arrangement of stars for observation; calculations of longitude at Edinburgh deduced from observations; and instructions and arrangements for those involved in the tests, including J. Washington, W. Ellis, C.V. Walker, C.P. Smyth, J.C. Clark and C.F. Varley. There are also letters on the longitude of Paris by U.J.J. Le Verrier, of Brussels by L.A. Quetelet,...
Dates:
1855 - 1858
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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Petition from George Douglas, 1786
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 155
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:
1786
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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:
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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).