Camborne
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Dolcoath experiment, 1828
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/210A
Scope and Contents
A red leather clasped gentleman's notebook titled on the cover '1828', and bearing on the inner cover the legend 'Second Experiment. Original Observations, 1828 in Dolcoath. G B Airy'. The volume is in Airy's hand, and contains many pages of figures written in pencil, probably relating to the pendulum experiments carried out at Dolcoath in Camborne, Cornwall. On the last remaining page are three diagrams of what look like roof structures.
Dates:
1828
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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Dolcoath pendulum experiments, 1826 - 1828
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/211
Scope and Contents
Material relating to pendulum experiments carried out at Dolcoath in Camborne, Cornwall. There are calculations, including a 'Coincidence Book' for 1826; a rough diagram of triangulation near Camborne; a 'Grass Coincidences' book for 1828; an 'Underground Coincidences' book for 1828; a 'Second Experiment Underground Coincidences' book for 1828; a book on the comparison of chronometers and clocks; and 'Calculation book No 3', 1828. The papers also include workings by Airy on the theory of...
Dates:
1826 - 1828
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).