Transvaal
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence on observations given, 1889 - 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/181
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning observations given to the Northern Rifle Association, U. Levau, Mr Spencer, A. Stubbs, J. Franz, H.P. Slade, Mr MacKenzie, Mr Jackson, Mr Dawes and Mr Hutchinson, 1889. The topics include the Sun's position at Wimbledon; Vesta, 1887-1888; the azimuth of the Sun and Moon in west London; sunrise near Paris; the full Moon, January and February 1891; observations of a lunar crater; measures of Mars and Saturn; an equation of time; the meeting of Mars and Saturn; and the...
Dates:
1889 - 1907
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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Correspondence on the South African Survey, 1901 - 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 15/121
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the Survey of Transvaal and Orange Free Colony, divided into three sections:'Administration (High Commissioner, etc.)': letters concerned mainly with organisation, finance and staffing.'Surveyors General': correspondence mainly with field parties and with the Surveyor-General, Salisbury, regarding instruments, the securing of correct staff and other subjects, 1901.'Colonel Morris (Superintendent of Survey) & Staff',...
Dates:
1901 - 1906
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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Correspondence on the South African Survey, 1901 - 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 15/122
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the Survey of Transvaal and Orange Free Colony, divided into five sections:'Surveyors - generally': correspondence mainly with surveyors in the field and officers intending to start surveys, 1901.'Applications for Employment on the Surveys': applications for employment from surveyors, with letters of enquiry and recommendations, 1901-1906.'Accounts'.'Connecting the Transvaal & Rhodesian Triangles', 1905.'Miscellaneous...
Dates:
1901 - 1906
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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Correspondence on time balls, 1879 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/147
Scope and Contents
(1) General correspondence regarding time balls, 1879-1893, including the following material:Correspondence regarding reprints, ordered by G.B. Airy in 1880, of articles from 'Nature', 1876, concerning the distribution of time signals.Correspondence, 1879-1880, regarding the Prussian Government's request for information on colonial time in South Africa, Canada, India, St Helena, Mauritius, Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, and similar requests from the U.S. Hydrographic...
Dates:
1879 - 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).