Durham
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Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from Le Duc Duhamel to the Board of Longitude, 1822-02-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 469-470
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters and two papers on his method of ascertaining the exact loss or gain of two chronometers, with a related newspaper extract.
Dates:
1822-02-25
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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Letter from Monsieur Duhamel, 1820-08-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 373
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters and a printed paper on finding the longitude by the moon's transit or distance from the meridian.
Dates:
1820-08-14
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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Letter from Monsieur Duhamel to Dr Thomas Young, 1820-05-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 371-372
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters and a printed paper on finding the longitude by the moon's transit or distance from the meridian.
Dates:
1820-05-03
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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Letter from Richard Buckley Litchfield to Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; written at Durham, 1891-09-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 245: 173
Scope and Contents
Letter from Richard Buckley Litchfield to Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; written at Durham
(Letter)
Dates:
1891-09-14
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.
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Letter from Richard Buckley Litchfield to Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; written at Durham in with note by Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin in her left hand, 1891-10-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 245: 178
Scope and Contents
Letter from Richard Buckley Litchfield to Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; written at Durham in with note by Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin in her left hand
(Letter)
Dates:
1891-10-12
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.
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Letters from observatories, 1872 - 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/151
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on the subject of filling vacancies, requests for new instruments at Oxford, and information on recent work performed at various centres. The correspondents include J.C. Adams, U.J.J. Le Verrier, C. Pritchard, W. Huggins, G. Salt, H. Merivale, R.L.J. Ellery, Lord Lindsay, the Earl of Rosse, Sir R.S. Ball, N.R. Pogson, F.A.T. Winnecke and L. Mallet. There are various additional papers, including 'Le Revue Scientifique'; the history...
Dates:
1872 - 1875
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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Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1794 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/427
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on scientific and general matters, including D. Gilbert's numbers for slide rules and specific gravities; the force of steam; the use of a balloon at the battle of Fleurus, 1794; computations relating to tithe assessments; statistics on Durham collieries; J. Fowler's calculating machine; a report on C. Babbage's calculating machine by J.F.W. Herschel; Airy's thoughts to the Examiner on the Corn Laws, with a graph on the price of wheat; Airy's assessment of Diodorus...
Dates:
1794 - 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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Monsieur Duhamel on an instrument for showing magnetic variation, 1820-05-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 509-511
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:
1820-05-15
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).
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Papers on longitude and solar eclipses, 1849 - 1858
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/113
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous pieces on longitude and solar eclipses. The papers concerning longitude include pieces to ascertain the longitudes of Boston (by W.C. Bond), Durham, Cork and Haulbowline, the boundary between the U.S.A. and Mexico, and Batavia. The longitudes of Ipswich and Madras are also briefly mentioned. The material on eclipses include the eclipse of the Sun of 11 May 1724, with a contemporary illustration; a map of the world; the solar eclipse of 19 July 1748; the lunar eclipse of 28 July...
Dates:
1849 - 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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Printed paper outlining Duhamel's two new methods of ascertaining longitude, 1820-08-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 374-378
Scope and Contents
With an illustration.
Dates:
1820-08-14
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).
Organization
Organization
Person
Standen, Michael Frederick George, 1937-2008 (Novelist and Poet)
Person
Dates:
Existence: 1937 - 2008
Person
Organization
The Durham University Journal (1876-1995) (United Kingdom)
Organization
Dates:
Existence: 1876 - 1995
Organization
The Railway Street Association (Housing Association) (fl 1970s-1980s) (Durham, United Kingdom)
Organization
Dates:
Existence: 1979 - 1989
Person
Wolfendale, Arnold Whittaker, Sir, 1927-2020 (Knight, Astronomer Royal)
Person
Dates:
Existence: 1927 - 2020