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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

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Application for employment from William Turnbull, 1828-05-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/12: 457-459
Scope and Contents From the File:

Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.

Dates: 1828-05-28
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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Benjamin Marston's 'marine dromometer' or instrument for measuring a ship's way at sea, 1791-12-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 242-244
Scope and Contents

Letter and proposal.

Dates: 1791-12-17
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 observations made on HMS Investigator, 1806-05-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 29-30
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Letter to Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders from Robert Brown, botanist on HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1806-05-11
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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Letter from F.M. Fyot to Sir Harry Parker, 1785

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 71-71a
Scope and Contents From the Sub-sub-file :

Two letters.

Dates: 1785
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 F.M. Fyot to Sir Harry Parker, 1785-07-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 72a
Scope and Contents From the Sub-sub-file :

Two letters.

Dates: 1785-07-29
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 F.M. Fyot to Sir Henry [Harry] Parker, 1785-06-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/53: 53-54
Scope and Contents

Enclosing two copies of a pamphlet on longitude; [RGO 14/53: 55-65] and [RGO 14/53: 66-77].

Dates: 1785-06-04
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 F.M. Fyot to the Board of Longitude, 1782 - 1850

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 615-615a
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Announcing Fyot's discovery of the system of true celestial motion. Fyot was formerly a professor of mathematics at the Royal Academy at Lyon.

Dates: 1782 - 1850
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 Joseph Banks to Harry Parker, 1785-03-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 30
Scope and Contents

Concerning Antonio Maria Jaci.

Dates: 1785-03-17
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 Matthew Flinders to John Pond, 1811-06-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 43-44
Scope and Contents

Concerning the inclusion of observations taken by Mr Inman among the recalculated observations of HMS Investigator.

Dates: 1811-06-05
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 from William Weston to Sir Harry Parker, 1785-05-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 89
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Includes a proposal and three letters from Weston to Sir Harry Parker.

Dates: 1785-05-02
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 'W.J.' to Harry Parker, 1784 - 1828

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 442-444
Scope and Contents

Concerning a method of screening time-keepers from the effects of heat and cold.

Dates: 1784 - 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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Remarks made by William Nicholson, 1805

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/26: 150-166b
Scope and Contents

Printed paper by Arnold with annotations by Nicholson. The paper is preceded by a letter to Nicholson from Sir Joseph Banks [RGO 14/26: 151]. Nicholson's comments on the paper are outlined in the letter at [RGO 14/26: 163].

Dates: 1805
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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Remarks made by William Nicholson, 1805

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/27: 175-192
Scope and Contents

Printed paper by Earnshaw with annotations by Nicholson. The paper is preceded by a letter to Nicholson from Sir Joseph Banks.

Dates: 1805
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).