Kentish Town
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Letter from Searles Valentine Wood to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Kentish Town, 1846-06-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 143
Scope and Contents
Letter from Searles Valentine Wood to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Kentish Town
(Letter)
Dates:
1846-06-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from T. Revis to Dr Thomas Young on an improvement in chronometers, 1827-06-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 427-429
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1827-06-22
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).