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Letter from James Scrymgeour to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-07-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 419-420
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Three letters from Scrymgeour to Dr Thomas Young, with a copy of a reply from Young.
Dates:
1824-07-09
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 James Scrymgeour to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-04-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 423
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Two letters, sent to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1824-04-27
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 James Scrymgeour to the Board of Longitude, 1824-04-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 424-425
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file:
Two letters, sent to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude.
Dates:
1824-04-27
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 Marie McElroy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Glasgow, 1881-04-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 201: 23
Scope and Contents
Letter from Marie McElroy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Glasgow
(Letter)
Dates:
1881-04-01
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Letter from Sir George Howard Darwin to Maud Darwin née DuPuy; written at Glasgow, 1885-03-01 - 1885-03-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 251: 1160
Scope and Contents
Letter from Sir George Howard Darwin to Maud Darwin née DuPuy; written at Glasgow
(Letter)
Dates:
1885-03-01 - 1885-03-31
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Letter from Sir George Howard Darwin to Maud Darwin née DuPuy; written at Glasgow, 1885-03-01 - 1885-03-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 251: 1161
Scope and Contents
Letter from Sir George Howard Darwin to Maud Darwin née DuPuy; written at Glasgow
(Letter)
Dates:
1885-03-01 - 1885-03-31
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Letter from Sir George Howard Darwin to Maud Darwin née DuPuy; written at Glasgow, 1885-03-01 - 1885-03-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 251: 1162
Scope and Contents
Letter from Sir George Howard Darwin to Maud Darwin née DuPuy; written at Glasgow
(Letter)
Dates:
1885-03-01 - 1885-03-31
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Letter from [Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Glasgow, 1862-08-26 - 1862-08-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 152: 44-45
Scope and Contents
Letter from [Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Glasgow
(Letter)
Dates:
1862-08-26 - 1862-08-31
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Letter from [Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Glasgow incomplete, 1862-08-26 - 1862-08-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 101: 50-51
Scope and Contents
Letter from [Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Glasgow incomplete
(Letter)
Dates:
1862-08-26 - 1862-08-31
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Letter from Sir William Kelvin née Thomson to Sir George Howard Darwin; written at Glasgow, 1887-02-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 251: 2843
Scope and Contents
Letter from Sir William Kelvin née Thomson to Sir George Howard Darwin; written at Glasgow
(Letter)
Dates:
1887-02-25
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Letter from Thomas Johnstone to Lord Mulgrave, 1811-04-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/34: 158-159
Scope and Contents
Enclosing his proposal on simplifying lunar observations.
Dates:
1811-04-09
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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Material on the purchase of a telescope from the Glasgow Observatory, 1822 - 1827
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 202-205a
Scope and Contents
Three letters from Andrew Templeton of the Glasgow Astronomical Society.
Dates:
1822 - 1827
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, 1844 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/686
Scope and Contents
Corrections to compasses on iron ships, with related correspondence. The papers include preparations for ascertaining the disturbance of the compasses by magnets on iron vessels; B. Darondeau's French corrections to compasses; disturbances of the compasses on board the vessel 'Fame' from Glasgow to Calcutta, and also the 'Pacha'; E.J. Johnson's deviations of compass needles in fifteen iron ships; and the correction of the compass on the 'Great Britain'. The correspondents include E. Sabine,...
Dates:
1844 - 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).
Sub-Series
Papers on determining galvanic longitudes, 1858 - 1859
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/638
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding the determination of longitudes by means of telegraph. There are papers on the difference in longitude between Paris and Greenwich, with observations and transits for clock errors; U.J.J. Le Verrier's determination of the longitude of Le Havre; A. Loussedat's determination of the difference in longitude between Toulouse and Montpellier; the longitude of Glasgow; and the difference in longitude between Altona and Schwerin. There are also papers relating to...
Dates:
1858 - 1859
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 galvanism and electric clocks, 1873 - 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/632
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concerning galvanism and electric clocks. The correspondents include C.F. Varley, C.V. Walker and W. Fronde. The papers include a printed list of the charges for receiving the time signals on private lines; a diagram of the galvanic wires running from Greenwich Railway Station; pages from 'Nature' on the Greenwich Time Signal system; an extract, originally from the 'Mining and Scientific Press', titled 'New Break-Circuit Chronometer', concerning a chronometer...
Dates:
1873 - 1878
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 standards, 1809 - 1843
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/345
Scope and Contents
Printed papers on standards, including English Acts of Parliament; conversion tables for Scottish Measures; Russian, Bavarian and Sardinian Laws concerning weights and measures; and newspaper cuttings. There are also unprinted petitions, reports and comparisons, including petitions from the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, and a draft of a former bill (1758) relating to weights and measures.
Dates:
1809 - 1843
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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Races-38 Letter, 1871-03-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 90: 68-71
Scope and Contents
George Murdoch to Charles Robert Darwin
Letter; written at Glasgow Letter from George Murdoch to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Glasgow
(Letter)
Dates:
1871-03-10
Conditions Governing Access:
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Review of 'Descent' 'Glasgow Daily Herald': [pp unknown] [4 cut cols], 1871-03-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.2: 81
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Glasgow
(Printed)
Dates:
1871-03-30
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Review of 'Movement' 'Glasgow Herald': [2 cut cols], 1880-11-01 - 1880-11-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.1: 60
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Glasgow
(Printed)
Dates:
1880-11-01 - 1880-11-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Part:
High Risk material. Access restricted due to fragility.
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Review of 'Origin' 'Free Press': [5 cut cols], 1860-08-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.1: 59-60
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Glasgow
(Printed)
Dates:
1860-08-18
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Part:
High Risk material. Access restricted due to fragility.
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Review of 'Worms' 'Glasgow Herald': [2 cut cols], 1881-10-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.1: 61
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Glasgow
(Printed)
Dates:
1881-10-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Part:
High Risk material. Access restricted due to fragility.
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Thomas Johnstone on the change of the variations of the compass and discovery of the magnetic pole, 1822 - 1827
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 394-400
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:
1822 - 1827
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).