Liverpool
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Subject Source: Local sources
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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).
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Observations on Massey's Patent Sea Log and Sounding Machine, 1805
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 14a-35
Scope and Contents
Printed pamphlet entitled 'Observations on the Principle and Use of the New Patent Sea Log and Sounding Machine, Invented by Edward Massey, of Hanley, Staffordshire', with an engraving of the two machines. The pamphlet was printed in Liverpool and includes a preface in the form of a letter addressed from Smith to Robert Bill, Esquire, in which he describes the invention as 'one of the most important ever offered to the public' [RGO 14/31: 16-17]. It begins with observations on the patent...
Dates:
1805
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 compass corrections on iron ships, 1855 - 1857
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/688
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, calculations and observations concerning the correction of compasses on iron ships. The correspondents include W.H. Smyth, E. Sabine, W. Scoresby, F.J.O. Evans and J. Washington. The papers include a questionnaire from the Liverpool Compass Committee; a circular advertising the compass bearings of Vauxhall Chimney, Liverpool, as painted on the dock walls, and a map relating the bearings to the buildings along the river; a newspaper cutting and a circular on W. Scoresby's...
Dates:
1855 - 1857
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 compass corrections on iron ships, 1857 - 1861
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/689
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related papers concerning the correction of compasses on iron ships. There are papers regarding investigations of compass deviation on the 'Trident'; the work and findings of the Liverpool Compass Committee; changes in the deviation of iron ships' compasses; 'Notes on the arrangements and practice of adjusting the compasses of iron ships at Liverpool'; Dr W. Scoresby's account of the voyage of the 'Royal Charter'; compasses of the 'Great Eastern', with ratings of the...
Dates:
1857 - 1861
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 determining galvanic longitudes, 1852 - 1854
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/633
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concerning the use galvanic signals to determine longitude. The papers describe the attempts to establish the longitude of the Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge Observatories by observing set stars and taking the difference between the local time and the Greenwich Time received by telegraphic signal. Other centres included in the project, but not necessarily tested, were Liverpool, Dublin, Vienna, Bristol and Lowestoft. The papers include correspondence with C.P....
Dates:
1852 - 1854
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 engineering and inventions, 1848 - 1852
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/452
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers regarding engineering and new inventions. There are pieces on the Britannia Tubular Bridge, including the lifting of the bridge by R. Stephenson; stress in iron bridges; I.K. Brunel on his Chepstow bridge; notices and awards of the Institution of Civil Engineers; the Smeafonian Society for Civil Engineers; 'Caldwell's self-fleeting windlass'; advertisements for gutta percha; a report on vulcanised India-rubber joints by T. Wicksteed; a rapid water...
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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Papers on River Dee navigation, 1850 - 1853
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/519
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on improvements to navigation on the River Dee, including papers on the history and organisation of the River Dee Company; comparisons of old and new standards at Chester; records of tides at Chester and Liverpool, with meteorological remarks from 1769; a report on the Company titled 'Dee Standard Restoration'; observations, calculations and discussions on the old and new level of the River Dee at Chester; plans of the River Dee for 1684, 1732, 1771, 1839 and 1849;...
Dates:
1850 - 1853
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
Papers on tidal harbours, 1839 - 1846
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/504
Scope and Contents
Papers concerning tidal harbours, including the proceedings of the Commission on the State of Tidal Harbours; notices of the Commission's meetings; minutes of evidence before the Commission, including evidence from G. Stephenson, J.M. Rendel and W. Cubitt; a report by the Commissioners on the port of Hull; reports on Southwold harbour; R. Stevenson's report on the Tay navigation, with plans of proposed harbour and railway crossings; improvements to the Severn River; suggestions and...
Dates:
1839 - 1846
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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Photograph album, 1934 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PCHL 8/3
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1934 - 1937
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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Proposal from Samuel Smethurst, 1786-07-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 45
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters, a statement and a proposal.
Dates:
1786-07-03
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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Review of 'Descent' 'Liverpool Leader': 104-105, 1871-03-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.2: 89-90
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Liverpool
(Printed)
Dates:
1871-03-18
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Class:
Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist Conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Review of 'Expression' 'Daily Post': [5 cut cols], 1872-11-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.2: 123-124
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Liverpool
(Printed)
Dates:
1872-11-15
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Class:
Very fragile material - access may only be possible with support from specialist Conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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"The disturbances of 1981", 1977 - 1982
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PRKR 4
Scope and Contents
Kenneth Parker's detailed analysis of the riots of 1981 (especially Brixton, London and Toxteth, Liverpool). Also includes correspondence with Jennifer Hart.
Dates:
1977 - 1982
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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William Colquitt on perpetual motion by magnetism, 1787-06-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/54: 66-68
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:
1787-06-25
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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William Scoresby on experiments with a dipping needle at Liverpool and Greenland, 1823
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 408-428
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:
1823
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).