Lerwick
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Letter from John Tulloch to Sir Joseph Banks, 1788-12-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 327-328
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing the paper at [RGO 14/45: 322-326].
Dates:
1788-12-06
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 John Tulloch to Sir Joseph Banks, 1789-05-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 329-330
Scope and Contents
Originally enclosing the paper at [RGO 14/45: 331-335].
Dates:
1789-05-08
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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Paper by John Tulloch on further methods of investigating celestial parallaxes, 1789-05-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 331-335
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two letters and two sets of proposals.
Dates:
1789-05-08
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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Paper on nautical discoveries by John Tulloch, 1788-12-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 322-326
Scope and Contents
The paper begins with a list of 'titles of discoveries' which Tulloch had submitted to the Board of Longitude on 29 February 1788, followed by an outline of methods for investigating the parallaxes of celestial bodies (with illustrations).
Dates:
1788-12-06
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 the British Geodetic Survey, 1851 - 1854
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/419
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the British Geodetic Survey, including comparisons of the Ordnance standard thermometer with other thermometers; a map of the Trigonometrical Points in the Lerwick area; a paper titled 'Notes on the proper method to be used for Reduction of the Grand Triangulation of the British Survey, by G B Airy'; prints of Airy's zenith sector in position for observing and in plan; a copy of a printed paper by Matthew Collins on Clairaut's Theorem; a printed paper by J.L. Murphy on the...
Dates:
1851 - 1854
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).