Bermondsey
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from James McDonald to the Board of Longitude, 1782 - 1828
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 487
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Letter and proposal from McDonald, a surgeon based at 14 Prospect Row, Bermondsey.
Dates:
1782 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
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James McDonald on finding the longitude by altitudes and an instrument for the same
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Letter from John Donkin to Edward Troughton, 1820-04-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/48: 197
Scope and Contents
Concerning the frame for a zenith micrometer for the Cape Observatory. The letter was forwarded by Troughton with a note added.
Dates:
1820-04-19
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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Proposal from James McDonald, 1782 - 1828
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 488-490
Scope and Contents
With an illustration of his new instrument for finding the longitude.
Dates:
1782 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by lunar methods other than lunar distances
/
James McDonald on finding the longitude by altitudes and an instrument for the same