Arctic
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Accounts for scientific studies, 1855 - 1880
Undated financial accounts for various scientific studies, including the time ball at Deal; transit of Venus, 1874; New Lunar theory; Arctic expedition; Loan Exhibition of Scientific Instruments at South Kensington; reductions of Sydney, Roorkee, Adelaide and Melbourne; colonial transit of Venus results; longitude of Vienna and Berlin; and Mr Gill's expedition.
Arctic expedition papers, 1873 - 1875
Correspondence with tradesmen, 1873
Correspondence with tradesmen, including letters from instrument makers; booksellers; bookbinders; and ironmongers. The correspondents include W.R. Birt and J.H. Dallmeyer. The volume contain a catalogue titled 'John Browning's Price List of Spectroscopes'. There is also a prospectus, in German, advertising the second German North Polar expedition, containing six plates showing various aspects of the expedition.
Naval Estimates, 1846 - 1849
Naval Estimates, 1850 - 1853
Papers on chronometer trials, 1873 - 1876
Correspondence and papers concerning entrants and ratings for the annual competitive chronometer trials. The volume includes papers on the handling of chronometers and the exchange and purchase of chronometers, most notably for the Arctic expedition. The correspondents include G.H. Richards, F.J.O. Evans, T. Nelson and various chronometer makers.