Time measuring instruments
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence on chronographs, 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/95
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd and the Etablissements Edouard Belin regarding the Belin printing chronograph.
Dates:
1953
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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Correspondence on chronographs, 1951 - 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/120
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Etablissements Edouard Belin, Paris, regarding the Belin Printing Chronograph, including a report on the chronograph by H. Spencer Jones, 1953, and a 'Report on the Inspection Of The Observatory's Printing Chronograph at Establissement Belin At Paris' by J.D. Pope, 23 May 1952.
Dates:
1951 - 1953
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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Papers on quartz clocks, 1945 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/626
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding quartz clocks, including the following items:Correspondence with M.L. Bateman and A. Hunter regarding the new the 'Isatome' portable quartz clock, 1963.Letter from H.M. Smith to the Division of Scientific Intelligence, Ministry of Defence, regarding Russian work on quartz clocks, 1957.Correspondence with H.M. Smith concerning the Time Department's move to Herstmonceux and the performance of ring crystals, including graphs,...
Dates:
1945 - 1963
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).