Calcutta
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Subject Source: Local sources
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NS I Glacial Period-12 Note, 1858-05-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: E18r
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Falconer says he shd think that most British plants wd live in Lat of Calcutta at height
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1858-05-20
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NS I Glacial Period-29 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: E38
Scope and Contents
When speaking of temperate plants penetrating Tropics - allude to acclimatisation during passage
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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NS II Geographical distribution and species-60 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.4: 73r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Papers on compass corrections on iron ships, 1844 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/686
Scope and Contents
Corrections to compasses on iron ships, with related correspondence. The papers include preparations for ascertaining the disturbance of the compasses by magnets on iron vessels; B. Darondeau's French corrections to compasses; disturbances of the compasses on board the vessel 'Fame' from Glasgow to Calcutta, and also the 'Pacha'; E.J. Johnson's deviations of compass needles in fifteen iron ships; and the correction of the compass on the 'Great Britain'. The correspondents include E. Sabine,...
Dates:
1844 - 1848
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Papers on the Julian invasion, 1748 - 1852
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/466
Scope and Contents
Material relating primarily to Airy's paper on Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain and his path through South-East England. Airy asserted that Caesar landed at Pevensey, but this was challenged in a paper by F.B. Martin, which stated that he landed near Ramsgate. There is considerable correspondence on this topic, with a nautical chart of the Dover Straits; a map of the Goodwin Sands; and the 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities'. Other subjects covered include the geography of the...
Dates:
1748 - 1852
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Races-17 Printed Material, 1871-11-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 90: 17
Scope and Contents
Anon [P Macnamara?]. Darwinism 'Indian Medical Gazette': 239-240
Printed; by Anon [P Macnamara?]; written at Calcutta
(Printed)
Dates:
1871-11-01
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Tables and computations, 1787 - 1788
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/164
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Tables and computations, including a table for finding the Moon's southing. There is also a computation of the longitude of Calcutta, India, made from simultaneous observations there by Captain Huddart and at Greenwich of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites, 1787-1788.
Dates:
1787 - 1788
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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).