Chelmsford
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence on terrestrial longitude, 1833 - 1848
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/181
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on finding terrestrial longitude by testing chronometers at the culmination of Moon and stars. There is material on the longitudes of Chelmsford, Limerick, Port Stephen (Australia), Paris, Edinburgh, Antwerp, Dublin, Armagh, Cambridge, Oxford, Bedford, Hartwell, Portsmouth, Devonport, Hamburg, Liverpool and Regent's Park. The correspondents include E.J. Cooper, J.C. Fremont, P.P. King, W.H.C. Bartlett, Sir F. Beaufort, G. Fisher, E. Sabine, T. Henderson, R. Sheepshanks, J....
Dates:
1833 - 1848
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Letter from John Gibbs to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Chelmsford, 1877-02-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 165: 38
Scope and Contents
Letter from John Gibbs to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Chelmsford
(Letter)
Dates:
1877-02-20
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 Gibbs to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Chelmsford, 1877-02-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 165: 39
Scope and Contents
Letter from John Gibbs to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Chelmsford
(Letter)
Dates:
1877-02-22
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.