Scope and Contents From the Series: The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...

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Miscellaneous; by Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin; written at Dover in envelope annotated "Aunt Etty's Book of Seaweed"

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Scope and Contents Correspondence and related papers concerning the establishment of galvanic communications between the Greenwich and Paris observatories. The papers include extracts from Airy's report on galvanic communications to the Admiralty; the laying of telegraph wires in the grounds of Greenwich Park, illustrated with a plan; the laying of telegraph wires on the South Eastern Railway between London Bridge and Dover; a plan and description of the electric telegraph employed on the South Eastern...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with the South Eastern Railway and the Electric Telegraph Company and related papers concerning galvanic signals. The papers cover the trials of the Greenwich Mean Time signal between Greenwich and London and Greenwich and Dover, and proposals for and implementation of an extension to the central Telegraph Office, Lothbury, London. There is also correspondence with the Electric Telegraph Company on the time ball service in the Strand, activated from Greenwich by telegraph, and...

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Letter from Erasmus Darwin (1881-1915) to Ruth Rees-Thomas née Darwin; written at Dover in with envelope

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Letter from Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin to Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; written at Dover

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Letter from Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin to Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; written at Dover

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Letter from Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin to Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; written at Dover

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Letter from Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin to Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; written at Dover

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Letter from Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin to Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; written at Dover

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Letter from Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin to Sir George Howard Darwin; written at [Dover] postcard

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Lady (Emma) Nora Barlow née Darwin; written at Dover

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Lady (Emma) Nora Barlow née Darwin; written at Dover

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Ruth Rees-Thomas née Darwin; written at Dover

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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Ruth Rees-Thomas née Darwin; written at Dover in with envelope

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Letter from Sir Horace Darwin to Ruth Rees-Thomas née Darwin; written at Dover

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24 letters, with related papers and observations.

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All Geographical Miles [distances and flying times for birds] [distances from London]

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin

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Scope and Contents Material relating primarily to Airy's paper on Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain and his path through South-East England. Airy asserted that Caesar landed at Pevensey, but this was challenged in a paper by F.B. Martin, which stated that he landed near Ramsgate. There is considerable correspondence on this topic, with a nautical chart of the Dover Straits; a map of the Goodwin Sands; and the 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities'. Other subjects covered include the geography of the...

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous papers and correspondence concerning tides and tide gauges, 1878-1879, including tide gauges in the Baltic; the 'Standard', 9 March 1878, on Thames tides; S. Rowland-Johnstone on a copy of 'Tides and Waves'; A. Taylor on the propagation of motion in waves; 'Engineering' on Thames tides; Dr Borgen on tides; 'Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers', Vol. LIX: 'The River Thames' by J.B. Redman; E. Roberts on his 'Tide Predictor'; and tide tables for Bombay,...

Scope and Contents Papers concerning tidal harbours, including the proceedings of the Commission on the State of Tidal Harbours; notices of the Commission's meetings; minutes of evidence before the Commission, including evidence from G. Stephenson, J.M. Rendel and W. Cubitt; a report by the Commissioners on the port of Hull; reports on Southwold harbour; R. Stevenson's report on the Tay navigation, with plans of proposed harbour and railway crossings; improvements to the Severn River; suggestions and...

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning the Deal Time Ball; time balls and signals at Portland, Gibraltar and Dover; and clocks for Malta and Chatham:Correspondence with J. Jermyn concerning repairs and reasons for the failure of signals, 1904-1910.Correspondence with J. Jermyn concerning repairs and inventions of moveable property, 1904-1921.Correspondence with G. Cutcher concerning repairs, 1922-1925.Page extracted from the 'Deal, Walmer and Sandwich Mercury', 11 July...