Cardiff
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence on instruments, 1838 - 1849
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/159
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning improved instruments, new techniques and inventions, and a proposed planetarium and cometarium. The new inventions include improved sextants and sea horizons; a micrometer; a paper on finding Greenwich Time, complete with a drawing; achromatic eyepieces; an improved quadrant; drawings of eye pieces; a heliotrope; and an illuminating process for telescopes. The correspondents include Sir B. Donkin, Sir C. Wood, Sir H.G. Ward, Sir W. Denison, J. Challis, C.B....
Dates:
1838 - 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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Correspondence on time balls and signals, 1861 - 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/615
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related papers on the time signal and the time ball service. There are various papers on the signalling of time by a falling ball or by cannon fire at Birmingham, Cardiff, Devonport, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Madras, Newcastle, Nice and the Palais Royale, Paris; proposals for time balls at Wellington (New Zealand), Ipswich, and Port Elizabeth; proposals for clocks and bells in Worcester; details of local time signals in 'The Scotsman', 'Daily Review', 'Glasgow Daily Herald',...
Dates:
1861 - 1866
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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Gwaith newydd Mr Darwin (Review of 'Worms') 'Y Goleuad': [2 cols], 1881-10-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.1: 238-239
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Cardiff
(Printed)
Dates:
1881-10-15
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Part:
High Risk material. Access restricted due to fragility.
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Letter from Booth Bacon to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Cardiff, 1863-06-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 160: 12
Scope and Contents
Letter from Booth Bacon to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Cardiff
(Letter)
Dates:
1863-06-10
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 John Joseph Eyre to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Cardiff, 1880-11-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 163: 39
Scope and Contents
Letter from John Joseph Eyre to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Cardiff
(Letter)
Dates:
1880-11-12
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 John Maurice Herbert to Sir Francis Darwin; written at Cardiff, 1882-05-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 112: A58-A59
Scope and Contents
Letter from John Maurice Herbert to Sir Francis Darwin; written at Cardiff
(Letter)
Dates:
1882-05-26
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.