Hoxton
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Letter concerning details of advertisement for the deposit of chronometers at Greenwich, 1821-08-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 3
Scope and Contents
Sent from [James] Scott to John Pond.
Dates:
1821-08-10
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 David Riz on a perpetual log, 1790-01-20
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 3-5
Scope and Contents
Letter to the Board of Longitude written on behalf of Mr Castriote of Portugal, who had invented a repeating or perpetual log and two further machines which he wished to present before the Board.
Dates:
1790-01-20
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).