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Poplar

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Desmodium gyrans [application of sulphuric ether, water, sulphuric acid, chloroform], 1873-10-07 - 1873-12-12

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 209.12: 89-119
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin diagrams by Leonard Darwin], 13-26, 26a-26b, 27-31, [32], 33-38, 40; some in hand of Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; See item 114 by Leonard Darwin; See item 115 on reverse of few lines from draft text of 'Expression'[?] p unknown


(Note)

Dates: 1873-10-07 - 1873-12-12
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.
 Item

Letter advising price of chronometer No. 6181, 1829-08-03

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 114
Scope and Contents

Sent from Thomas Porthouse to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1829-08-03
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).
 Item

Letter concerning a chronometer sent for repair, 1821-11-21

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 4
Scope and Contents

Sent from Thomas Porthouse to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1821-11-21
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).
 Item

Letter concerning repairs to chronometer No. 233, 1829-01-19

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 95
Scope and Contents

Sent from Thomas Porthouse to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1829-01-19
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 C Harris to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Poplar, 1879-05-20

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 201: 13
Scope and Contents

Letter from C Harris to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Poplar


(Letter)

Dates: 1879-05-20
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.
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Letter reporting on condition of a chronometer and cost of repair, 1831-11-05

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 209-209A
Scope and Contents

Sent from Thomas Porthouse to Thomas Taylor. Also includes a letter acknowledging a request for Mr Porthouse to attend the Royal Observatory.

Dates: 1831-11-05
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 reporting on the cause of a non-working chronometer, 1826-04-12

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 43
Scope and Contents

Sent from Thomas Porthouse to John Pond.

Dates: 1826-04-12
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).