Glasgow
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of a letter from Dr Thomas Young to James Scrymgeour, 1824-03-28
Three letters from Scrymgeour to Dr Thomas Young, with a copy of a reply from Young.
Correspondence on galvanic time, 1855 - 1858
Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1858 - 1860
Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1861 - 1866
Letter from Andrew Templeton to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-06-14
Three letters from Andrew Templeton of the Glasgow Astronomical Society.
Letter from Andrew Templeton to Dr Thomas Young, 1826-03-10
Three letters from Andrew Templeton of the Glasgow Astronomical Society.
Letter from Andrew Templeton to Dr Thomas Young, 1827-03-20
Acknowledging receipt of a Navy Bill for £300 for the telescope.
Letter from James Scrymgeour to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-03-22
Three letters from Scrymgeour to Dr Thomas Young, with a copy of a reply from Young.
Letter from James Scrymgeour to [Dr Thomas Young], 1824-04-09
With an additional note by Andrew Ure.
Letter from James Scrymgeour to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-07-09
Three letters from Scrymgeour to Dr Thomas Young, with a copy of a reply from Young.
Letter from James Scrymgeour to Dr Thomas Young, 1824-04-27
Two letters, sent to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude.
Letter from James Scrymgeour to the Board of Longitude, 1824-04-27
Two letters, sent to Dr Thomas Young and the Board of Longitude.
Letter from Thomas Johnstone to Lord Mulgrave, 1811-04-09
Enclosing his proposal on simplifying lunar observations.
Letters from observatories, 1860 - 1863
Letters from observatories, 1861 - 1865
Material on the purchase of a telescope from the Glasgow Observatory, 1822 - 1827
Three letters from Andrew Templeton of the Glasgow Astronomical Society.
Papers on compass corrections on iron ships, 1844 - 1848
Papers on determining galvanic longitudes, 1858 - 1859
Papers on galvanism and electric clocks, 1873 - 1878
Papers on standards, 1809 - 1843
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.
Papers on tidal harbours, 1839 - 1846
Thomas Johnstone on the change of the variations of the compass and discovery of the magnetic pole, 1822 - 1827
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.