Cornwall
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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Accounts relating to Richard Sheepshanks's pendulum experiments in Cornwall to determine the mean density of the Earth, 1828
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/16: 355-362
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The accounts of printers and publishers for Board of Longitude publications, with miscellaneous accounts.
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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Entries for July, 1774-07-01 - 1774-07-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/56: 142r-145v
Scope and Contents
Daily entries covering the period until the ship's arrival in England on 13 July. In early July, Bayly records seeing the landmarks of the Scilly lighthouse and 'the Lizard' (Cornwall), and on 13 July he notes that the Adventure joined company with Sir James Douglas of the Marlborough before entering port. The final entry also contains Bayly’s last observations of the voyage, followed by his signature.
Dates:
1774-07-01 - 1774-07-13
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 concerning chronometers for the experiments of Whewell and Airy in Cornwall, 1826-05-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 336
Scope and Contents
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Dates:
1826-05-11
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 geodesy pendulums, 1874 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/144
Scope and Contents
(1) Miscellaneous papers concerning geodesy pendulumsCorrespondence with Kew Observatory, 1874, concerning the correction of the sidereal clock and the extending of the period of transmission of time signals.Printed extract from Walker's report of the survey of India, 1874.Letter from W. Harkness of the U.S. Naval Observatory concerning pendulum swings at the Transit of Venus stations and asking what base stations to use, 1874.Correspondence with Captain...
Dates:
1874 - 1927
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).