Broad Sound
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Astronomical observations from Harvey’s Isles to Upper Head Broad Sound, 1802-08-25 - 1802-09-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 69v-71r
Scope and Contents
Includes observations for latitudes and longitudes by the timekeepers; observations for the magnetic variation; remarks on the magnetism of Pier Head by the Commander; and lunar distances.
Dates:
1802-08-25 - 1802-09-13
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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Log entries for 1-13 September 1802, 1802-09-01 - 1802-09-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 68v-69r
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries, travelling from Thirsty Sound to Upper Head Broad Sound, Bay of Inlets.
Dates:
1802-09-01 - 1802-09-13
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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Log entries for 14-30 September 1802, 1802-09-14 - 1802-09-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 71v-74r
Scope and Contents
Daily log entries made off Upper Head Broad Sound and thence across to the Offing Isles towards the outer Northumberland Isles. Includes astronomical observations made near Upper Head Broad Sound, with accounts of the daily rates of the timekeepers.
Dates:
1802-09-14 - 1802-09-30
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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Observations for the variation and dip of the magnetic needle, 1801 - 1805
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/65: 127v-148v
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Made in HMS Investigator during a voyage of discovery to the South Sea in the years 1801-1805.
Dates:
1801 - 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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Observations made from Port Jackson along the east coast of New South Wales, 1802-07-22 - 1802-09-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/65: 44v-55r
Scope and Contents
Travelling via Hervey Bay, Bustard Bay, Port Curtis, Keppel Bay, Port Bowen, Shoalwater Bay (Bay of Inlets), Pier Head, Thirsty Sound, and Broad Sound; with deductions of observations.
Dates:
1802-07-22 - 1802-09-26
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).