Pernambuco
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Gabinete Portuguez de Leitura, Pernambuco: award of corresponding membership to Charles Darwin, 10 Jan. 1879
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 229: 72
Scope and Contents
From the Class:
This class comprises certificates, awards and diplomas presented to Charles Darwin during his lifetime. The correspondence relating to the presentation of these diplomas is listed separately under DAR 230.
Dates:
10 Jan. 1879
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.
File
Papers on galvanism and electric clocks, 1873 - 1878
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/632
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concerning galvanism and electric clocks. The correspondents include C.F. Varley, C.V. Walker and W. Fronde. The papers include a printed list of the charges for receiving the time signals on private lines; a diagram of the galvanic wires running from Greenwich Railway Station; pages from 'Nature' on the Greenwich Time Signal system; an extract, originally from the 'Mining and Scientific Press', titled 'New Break-Circuit Chronometer', concerning a chronometer...
Dates:
1873 - 1878
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).