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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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Determination of latitude and longitude, 1772 - 1806

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/159
Scope and Contents

Papers concerned with determining longitude and latitude at sea, with miscellaneous observations.

Dates: 1772 - 1806
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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Observations from the Jesuit College, Peking of the total lunar eclipse of 11 October 1772 and the solar eclipse of 23 March 1773, 1772 - 1773

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/159/1: 1-5
Scope and Contents From the File:

Papers concerned with determining longitude and latitude at sea, with miscellaneous observations.

Dates: 1772 - 1773
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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Observations of occultations and eclipses of Jupiter's satellites and lunar distances made at the Jesuit College, Peking, 1772 - 1774

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/159/2: 1-2
Scope and Contents From the File:

Papers concerned with determining longitude and latitude at sea, with miscellaneous observations.

Dates: 1772 - 1774
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

Plans of Peking Legation, circa 1883

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 39/2
Scope and Contents

Plans (tracings) of the British Legation in Peking, undated.

Dates: circa 1883
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd, 3 Lombard Street, London, EC3V 9AQ. Applicants may submit their request using the standard Jardine Matheson letter of application, which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
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The plains round the Caspian are 600 ft (Encyclop) above its level, 1854-10-01 - 1854-10-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 100: 80-81
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1854-10-01 - 1854-10-31
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.