Navigational aids
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Acts of Parliament and awards, 1605 - 1865
Adams: Notebooks and papers of Edgar Tarry Adams
Astronomical observations made during Captain Cook's last voyage., 1776 - 1780
Observations from Captain Cook's last voyage.
Catalogue of navigational instruments collected by Adams, 1906 - 1925
Committee papers, 1783 - 1829
Committee papers, relating chiefly to the measurement of ships' tonnage, and reports by the Astronomer Royal.
Confirmed minutes, 1823 - 1829
Correspondence on astronomical and nautical tables, 1770 - 1828
Correspondence regarding various astronomical and nautical tables.
Fair minutes, 1765 - 1828
Instrument for taking angles at sea, 1792
'Description of an instrument for taking Angles at Sea', as presented to the Board of Longitude by John Wood, 1 March 1792, including a detailed drawing of the instrument [RGO 4/219: 14].
Journal of voyage from Bengal, 1768 - 1769
Journal of voyage to St Helena, 1761-01-21 - 1761-04-06
Log book of HMS Adventure, 1772 - 1774
The log book of HMS Adventure compiled by W. Bayly during his passage to the South Seas as part of the expedition led by Captain James Cook in HMS Resolution.
Log book of HMS Resolution, 1772 - 1775
The log book of HMS Resolution compiled by William Wales during the passage to the South Seas under the command of Captain James Cook.
Ministry of Defence Chronometer Department, Herstmonceux, Papers; with John Hobden Papers and George Rickett Papers, 1872-2018 (mainly 1939-1983)
This collection consists of the papers of the Ministry of Defence Chronometer Department (series 1), based at Bradford on Avon (1939-1948) and then Herstmonceux Castle. Also catalogued here are two donated collections: papers relating to marine chronometers by John Hobden who worked at the Chronometer Department (series 2); and papers and photographs from George W. Rickett (1903-1978) who ran the Chronometer Department while it was based at Bradford on Avon (series 3).
Navigation tables, 1750 - 1828
Undated extended manuscript navigation tables.
Observations on a voyage of discovery of the HMS Investigator, 1801 - 1807
Astronomical observations, calculations, etc., made during voyages of discovery.
Observations on HMS Adventure, 1772 - 1774
Observations made on board HMS Adventure during her passage to the South Seas as part of the expedition led by Captain James Cook in HMS Resolution.
Observations on HMS Resolution, 1772 - 1775
Observations made on board HMS Resolution during her passage to the South Seas on the expedition led by Captain James Cook.
Observations on voyages of discovery, 1763 - 1805
Astronomical observations and calculations made during voyages of discovery, including the voyages of the Glatton, 1763-1764; the Providence, 1794-1797; the Thetis, 1794-1797; the Pallas, 1805; and on Captain Cook’s third voyage.
Papers on instruments and publications, 1784 - 1829
Papers on the 'Nautical Almanac' and errata in works of the Board of Longitude, 1793 - 1829
Papers regarding inventions and improvements of various astronomical and nautical instruments, 1789 - 1828
Papers regarding the invention and improvement of various astronomical and nautical instruments, 1782 - 1826
Petitions and memorials, 1782 - 1828
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.
Petitions and memorials, 1765 - 1828
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials making requests of the Board of Longitude.