Liverpool
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Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from Samuel Smethurst to Sir Harry Parker, 1786-11-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 141
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
With an index of names.
Dates:
1786-11-29
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 Samuel Smethurst to Sir Harry Parker, 1786-10-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 46-47
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters, a statement and a proposal.
Dates:
1786-10-26
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 Samuel Smethurst to Sir Harry Parker, 1786-10-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 48-49
Scope and Contents
With examples of his method for finding longitude.
Dates:
1786-10-28
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 Samuel Smethurst to the Board of Longitude, 1786-11-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 516-517
Scope and Contents
Outlining his method of finding longitude.
Dates:
1786-11-27
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 Thomas Bentley to Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802); written at Liverpool, 1765-10-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 227.3: 14
Scope and Contents
Letter from Thomas Bentley to Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802); written at Liverpool
(Letter)
Dates:
1765-10-11
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 Thomas Bentley to Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802); written at Liverpool, 1765-10-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 227.3: 15
Scope and Contents
Letter from Thomas Bentley to Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802); written at Liverpool
(Letter)
Dates:
1765-10-15
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 Thomas Bentley to Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802); written at Liverpool, 1765-10-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 227.3: 17
Scope and Contents
Letter from Thomas Bentley to Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802); written at Liverpool
(Letter)
Dates:
1765-10-22
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 Thomas Bentley to Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802); written at Liverpool torn into 2 sheets, top part of second sheet neatly torn off, 1765-11-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 227.3: 18
Scope and Contents
Letter from Thomas Bentley to Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802); written at Liverpool torn into 2 sheets, top part of second sheet neatly torn off
(Letter)
Dates:
1765-11-09
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 Thomas Mellard Reade to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Liverpool, 1880-09-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 176: 30
Scope and Contents
Letter from Thomas Mellard Reade to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Liverpool
(Letter)
Dates:
1880-09-21
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from Thomas Mellard Reade to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Liverpool, 1880-12-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 176: 31
Scope and Contents
Letter from Thomas Mellard Reade to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Liverpool
(Letter)
Dates:
1880-12-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from Thomas Mellard Reade to Sir Francis Darwin; written at Liverpool, 1882-06-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 198: 165
Scope and Contents
Letter from Thomas Mellard Reade to Sir Francis Darwin; written at Liverpool
(Letter)
Dates:
1882-06-03
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 Thomas Mellard Reade to Sir Francis Darwin; written at Liverpool, 1882-06-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 198: 166
Scope and Contents
Letter from Thomas Mellard Reade to Sir Francis Darwin; written at Liverpool
(Letter)
Dates:
1882-06-09
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 requesting return of Roskell chronometers, 1835-07-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 254
Scope and Contents
Sent from Robert and John Roskell via Thomas Hewitt to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1835-07-22
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 requesting start date for chronometers trial, 1829-08-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 121
Scope and Contents
Sent from Sutherland Davies & Co. to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1829-08-06
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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Letters from observatories, 1849
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/142
Scope and Contents
Letters from various observatories on filling vacancies, requests for information and for advice on instruments, and the formation of new observatories. The correspondents include J.R. Hind, C. Pasley, T. Maclear (a testimonial), J. Challis, W.S. Jacob, R. Sheepshanks, C.P. Smyth, G. Fisher, C. Pritchard, O.M. Mitchel, Captain P.P. King, Sir J.F.W. Herschel, W.R. Dawes and J.P. Nichol. There are communications with J.D. Forbes on the possibility of time balls at Edinburgh; reports by the...
Dates:
1849
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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Letters from observatories, 1848 - 1852
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/143
Scope and Contents
Letters from various observatories on filling vacancies, building new observatories at Blackheath and the West Midlands, and improving existing observatories (e.g. by erecting new time balls in Quebec). The correspondents include R. Sheepshanks, J.F.W. Herschel, J.D. Forbes, C.P. Smyth, Sir B. Hawes, M.J. Johnson, W.H. Miller, J. Challis, Sir F. Beaufort and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There are reports on the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and two reports on Liverpool Observatory...
Dates:
1848 - 1852
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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Letters from observatories, 1853 - 1855
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/144
Scope and Contents
Letters from various observatories on filling vacancies, the construction of time balls at Sydney and New Brunswick (with a plan), and the establishment of new observatories at Nottingham, Bristol and other locations. The correspondents include J. Challis, Sir W. Denison, C.E. Trevelyan, J.R. Hind, R. Stephenson, C.P. Smyth, C. Pritchard and M.J. Johnson. There are also two reports on Liverpool Observatory, a paper on Brussels Observatory, and a piece from 'Le Moniteur Universel' on the...
Dates:
1853 - 1855
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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Letters from observatories, 1860 - 1863
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/147
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, new equipment and the new observatory at Williamstown, Victoria. The correspondents include C. Todd, R.C. Carrington, J. Challis, C.P. Smyth, R. Grant, W. Lassell, N.R. Pogson, J.M. Gillis, W.S. Jacobs and R.L.J. Ellery. There is also a report on the Glasgow Observatory by R. Grant; a report on the Liverpool Observatory by J. Hartrup; a Spanish account by R.R. de Sousa Pinto on the Madrid, Paris, Brussels and...
Dates:
1860 - 1863
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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Letters from observatories, 1861 - 1865
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/148
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies at Sydney; requests for new instruments from Madras and other places; and the possible establishment of new observatories at Bristol and other locations. The correspondents include C.P. Smyth, J.C. Adams, R. Grant, N.R. Pogson, R.L.J. Ellery, O. Struve, W. De La Rue, F.A.T. Winnecke, Sir F. Galton, R.C. Carrington, A. de Morgan, J.C. Maxwell and T. Maclear. There is also a photograph of Fletcher's Observatory;...
Dates:
1861 - 1865
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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Letters from observatories, 1852 - 1858
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/145
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, explanation of the mechanism and construction of time balls at Copenhagen and Edinburgh, the establishment of an observatory at Quebec, and the purchase of chronometers for the Lisbon Observatory. The correspondents include Admiral Radstock, B.A. Gould, J. Glaisher, J. Challis, C.P. Smyth, M.J. Johnson, J.F.W. Herschel and C. Frodsham. There are reports on the Brussels Observatory, 1852-1853, by L.A. Quetelet;...
Dates:
1852 - 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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Liverpool Diocese, 1875-1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8293/E/20
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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.
Dates:
1875-1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the deposited records is unrestricted, and use may be made of them in publications without reference to the Trustees. Formal permission should, however, be sought for any full-length publication of material derived from them.
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Martin Colquitt on perpetual motion, 1826-02-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/54: 63-64a
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1826-02-01
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
Militant, 1981 - 1991
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/5
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on action taken by the party leadership against the hard-left Militant Tendency (formerly the Revolutionary Socialist League), based in Liverpool.
Dates:
1981 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Miscellaneous papers on chronometers, 1845 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/596
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers concerning chronometers, including the ownership of chronometers; the rates of chronometers, 1844-1848; the succession of chronometer makers to businesses on the death of others; a printed sheet of the rates of the trial chronometers at Greenwich, including a list of depositories at the Thirteenth Annual Trial, and the premium winners at the twelve preceding trials; a list of the daily rates of the chronometers at the Liverpool Observatory for January 1846; an extract...
Dates:
1845 - 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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Miscellaneous papers on chronometers, 1849 - 1852
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/597
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers concerning chronometers, relating mainly to the injury of chronometers, but also including letters on proposed experiments with chronometers in iron ships; diagrams of heaters for chronometer testing, and a plan of the case used for this purpose at Liverpool Observatory; maps showing the time kept by public clocks in various towns in Great Britain; and a newspaper cutting from 'The Western Luminary', 31 August 1852, on 'one standard of time'.
Dates:
1849 - 1852
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).