Liverpool
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
Observations on Massey's Patent Sea Log and Sounding Machine, 1805
Papers on compass corrections on iron ships, 1855 - 1857
Papers on compass corrections on iron ships, 1857 - 1861
Papers on determining galvanic longitudes, 1852 - 1854
Papers on engineering and inventions, 1848 - 1852
Papers on River Dee navigation, 1850 - 1853
Papers on tidal harbours, 1839 - 1846
Photograph album, 1934 - 1937
Includes: Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire]; Kew Gardens [London]; Liverpool docks, particularly the construction of Bidston Dock and a dredger on the Mersey; visit to Sweden; holiday photographs from Dorset; Cliffe cement works, Kent; family photographs, particularly of Lady Gwendeline Churchill ("Goonie") and Clarissa Churchill [later Clarissa Eden then Clarissa, Lady Avon], and also of Peregrine as a naval reserve officer.
Proposal from Samuel Smethurst, 1786-07-03
Two letters, a statement and a proposal.
Review of 'Descent' 'Liverpool Leader': 104-105, 1871-03-18
Printed; by Anon; written at Liverpool
(Printed)
Review of 'Expression' 'Daily Post': [5 cut cols], 1872-11-15
Printed; by Anon; written at Liverpool
(Printed)
"The disturbances of 1981", 1977 - 1982
Kenneth Parker's detailed analysis of the riots of 1981 (especially Brixton, London and Toxteth, Liverpool). Also includes correspondence with Jennifer Hart.
William Colquitt on perpetual motion by magnetism, 1787-06-25
William Scoresby on experiments with a dipping needle at Liverpool and Greenland, 1823
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.