Paignton
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Copy of a letter from Thomas Hurd to Henry Browse, 1813-11-16
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 314
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters; includes a letter from the Board of Longitude to Browse outlining their objections to his plan.
Dates:
1813-11-16
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
Henry Browse's machine to measure longitude by means of the distance sailed
Item
Henry Browse on perpetual motion, 1813 - 1814
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/54: 41-58
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:
1813 - 1814
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 from Henry Browse to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1814-03-24
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 307-308
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters; includes a letter from the Board of Longitude to Browse outlining their objections to his plan.
Dates:
1814-03-24
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
Henry Browse's machine to measure longitude by means of the distance sailed
Item
Letter from Henry Browse to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1814-11-28
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 309
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters; includes a letter from the Board of Longitude to Browse outlining their objections to his plan.
Dates:
1814-11-28
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
Henry Browse's machine to measure longitude by means of the distance sailed
Item
Letter from Henry Browse to Sir Joseph Banks, 1814-11-28
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 310-311
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Six letters; includes a letter from the Board of Longitude to Browse outlining their objections to his plan.
Dates:
1814-11-28
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
Henry Browse's machine to measure longitude by means of the distance sailed
Item
Letter from Henry Browse to Sir Joseph Banks, 1815-02-21
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 312-313
Scope and Contents
Concerning a model of his machine for ascertaining longitude at sea, which he had sent by the Devonshire coach.
Dates:
1815-02-21
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
/
Henry Browse's machine to measure longitude by means of the distance sailed