Hackney
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
File
Correspondence on Vesta and Ceres, 1789 - 1807
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/119
Scope and Contents
Letters to Maskelyne and related papers on the minor planet Ceres.i. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, Germany, 20 February 1802, on ephemeris of Ceres, March-April 1802.ii. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, Germany, 3 April 1802, on ephemeris of Ceres, 21 April - 29 June 1802.iii. Letter from Dr Gauss, Brunswick, Germany, 30 January 1803, thanking Maskelyne for his present of Taylor's tables and giving corrections to the observed position of Ceres.iv....
Dates:
1789 - 1807
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Item
Letter from Joseph Davidson to the Board of Longitude, 1790-04-15
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 522-523
Scope and Contents
Concerning his proposed method of finding longitude based on drawing a right angle from any point of latitude. Davidson states that his method had been tested on two voyages where it proved exact to within ten miles.
Dates:
1790-04-15
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
Pye Smith, Reverend John : Lectures on Theology , 1830
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/3243/HOM/ACT/ATS/GPT/002
Scope and Contents
Lecture notes written by Josephus Afranius Burrowes, student at Homerton Academy (c.1830-1836) from Lectures on Theology, prepared by Congregationalist Minisiter Reverend John Pye Smith (c.1820). Pye Smith was a Theological Tutor at Homerton for forty-five years between 1805/1806 and 1850, effectively acting as Principal for this period. He initially joined Homerton, aged thirty, in 1800/1801 as a classical and science tutor. One of Pye's key interests was in reconciling geological...
Dates:
1830
Conditions Governing Access:
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