Scope and Contents Correspondence on the workings of, packing of, repairs to, ratings of, and transactions involving chronometers. The volume covers chronometer trials, 1840-1865; trials for chronometer ratings for the Indian Stores Department, the Italian government and mail watches; the influence of air pressure on clock rates; J.B. Harbard's description of clock rates; a time piece for measuring a ship's speed; a clock for Ipswich Town Hall; and a programme of horological instruments by M.F. Dent for the...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and related papers on the time signal and the time ball service. There are various papers on the signalling of time by a falling ball or by cannon fire at Birmingham, Cardiff, Devonport, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Madras, Newcastle, Nice and the Palais Royale, Paris; proposals for time balls at Wellington (New Zealand), Ipswich, and Port Elizabeth; proposals for clocks and bells in Worcester; details of local time signals in 'The Scotsman', 'Daily Review', 'Glasgow Daily Herald',...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and related papers on the time signal and time ball service, including a proposed time ball on Tuskar Rock in the Irish Sea, with a chart; a proposed time signal at Dundee; cable laying on the Great Eastern Railway; a proposed Ipswich Time Ball; the rating and errors of the Westminster and Post Office clocks; a proposed public clock for the City of London; electric clocks for the Adelaide Parliament, Madras (including a drawing) and Colaba Observatory in Bombay (including...

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Printed; by William Thompson(1823-1903); written at Ipswich

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Includes correspondence, sermons, lectures, articles and other miscellaneous papers.

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Letter from Foster Barham Zincke to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Ipswich

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Letter from Foster Barham Zincke to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Ipswich

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Letter from Foster Barham Zincke to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Ipswich

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Letter from Foster Barham Zincke to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Ipswich

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Letter from Foster Barham Zincke to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Ipswich

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Letter from Frederick Ransome to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Ipswich

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Letter from Frederick Ransome to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Ipswich bank draft

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Letter from Henry William Bunbury to Robert Waring Darwin; written at Ipswich

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Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The Revd Charles Simeon (1759-1836), Fellow of King's College and Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge, began to purchase advowsons in 1817 in order to secure an Evangelical ministry in perpetuity in important centres. Friends contributed money for the purpose and some were associated with Simeon as Trustees of the livings. In 1829 Simeon drew up a 'Solemn Charge' to his Trustees, setting out the principles on which they were to make appointments, which was printed in 1833. In January...

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Letter from John Glyde to Sir George Howard Darwin; written at Ipswich

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Letter from William Thompson(1823-1903) to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Ipswich

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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...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and observations of tides, including records of daily levels of tides; tide graphs; heights of high water marks; meteorological records; and notes taken daily at various coastal stations, including Deptford, Bristol, Southampton, Ipswich, Limerick and Dublin, tabulated and reduced, and often plotted on line graphs. There is also a coloured plan of a tide meter; C. Hopkin's hints and suggestions for a new theory of tides; J. Maxton's description of a self-registering...

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Most of this is correspondence with and about the livings, arranged by parish within dioceses. Note that these are the modern dioceses, which were not necessarily the ones that the living was in when it was first acquired. There is some overlap with the material in section F. The same numbers have been given for each diocese, thus E/2 and F/2 refer to the diocese of Bath and Wells.

Scope and Contents Papers relating to transactions with the Royal Society, including correspondence with its members. There are papers by Airy on the correction of the compass on iron-built ships; the theoretical explanation of an apparent new polarity in light, with a supplement; the laws of the rise and fall of the tide in the River Thames; the laws of individual tides at Southampton and Ipswich; and the papers supplied by James Ivory to the 'Philosophical Transactions'. The material also includes a list of...