Time
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Ernest C. Atkinson Papers, 1906 - 1954
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 68
Scope and Contents
A collection of papers concerning horology and clockmaking. It includes correspondence between Ernest C. Atkinson and a range of people connected with horology and timekeeping, including Humphry Smith and other members of the RGO’s Time Department. The collection also includes pamphlets, leaflets, papers and booklets, brochures for watch sales, admiralty notices to mariners re time signals, sets of notes, graphs and calculations, and a small number of photographs of clock parts.
Dates:
1906 - 1954
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).
Series
Greenwich Extra Meridional Observations: Computations of Mean Solar Time, 1882 - 1900
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 154
Scope and Contents
Four volumes of printed forms (Form No. 10) titled 'Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Computation of Mean Solar Time, in the Year 18-]'. Entries are completed by hand.
Dates:
1882 - 1900
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).
Series
Humphry Smith Papers and Photographs, 1928 - 1999
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 220
Dates:
1928 - 1999
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).
File
John Harrison’s ‘Marine Timekeepers’ stamps: presentation pack and first day cover, 1993-02-16
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 97/13-14
Scope and Contents
Presentation pack containing four stamps of John Harrison’s Marine Timekeeper No.4 (24p, 28p, 33p and 39p) and a Harrison information sheet.
Also, first day cover with printed images of Harrison and a ship at sea; the four 'Marine Timekeepers’ stamps are affixed and postmarked by the British Philatelic Bureau, Edinburgh.
Dates:
1993-02-16
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).
Series
Nathy O'Hora Papers, 1913 - 1927, bulk: 1946 - 2014
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 219
Scope and Contents
The Nathy O'Hora papers include the research, publications, and presentations of himself, others, and the RGO. This research notably includes eclipses, a topic to which O'Hora devoted considerable time after retiring. The collection also includes papers and correspondence relating to the Time Department where he worked, his notebooks on various scientific theories and practices, ledgers that he used to record weather data, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Dates:
1913 - 1927; Majority of material found within 1946 - 2014
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).
Series
Newspaper cuttings on the RGO and astronomy, 1922 - 1998
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 190
Scope and Contents
A set of press cuttings on the subjects of astronomy, the RGO, its move to Herstmonceux Castle and later to Cambridge, and its subsequent closure. Significant cuttings include coverage of the Moon landings (1968), the Space Race, the Apollo 13 disaster (1970), Halley's Comet (1986), images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, Comet Shoemaker-Levi’s collision with Jupiter (1994), Comet Hale-Bopp (1997), and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.Early coverage is sporadic, with cuttings...
Dates:
1922 - 1998
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).
File
Papers on Standard Time, 1880 - 1940
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/84
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous correspondence, official notices, tables and articles relating to Standard Time, including the following material:Proceedings of the Conference Internationale de l'Heure, 1913.Colonial Office notifications to the Royal Observatory of changes in Standard Time adopted in the colonies and protectorates, with copies of various acts and ordinances amending the law in respect of time at home and in the colonies, including the Act of 1880 and the British Summer Time...
Dates:
1880 - 1940
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).
File
Papers on the astronomical day, 1919 - 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/2
Scope and Contents
Papers concerning the change in reckoning of the astronomical day, including 'The Report of the Committee on the 24 Hour Method of Expressing Time', 1919; correspondence with the Hydrographer concerning documents; correspondence between D.H. Sadler and the Royal Astronomical Society; and handwritten notes by Sadler on the history and timetable of the proposed change.
Dates:
1919 - 1970
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).
File
Papers on the Time Service, 1943 - 1963
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/625
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding the Time Service and time signals, including alterations to signals, equipment, maintenance, faults, accommodation at Abinger, and the transition to Herstmonceux. The correspondents include H.M. Smith, the Admiralty, Mr Barker, R. Atkinson, H. Spencer Jones and R. Woolley. The papers include the following items:Correspondence between H.M. Smith and the Admiralty regarding 'Timing by Lovan-C' transmissions, 1963.Correspondence with A.P....
Dates:
1943 - 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).
File
Papers on time balls, 1885 - 1910
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/257
Scope and Contents
(1) Papers on time balls at various places, 1894-1910Correspondence and papers on the following subjects:Request by G.H. Hills to see the Greenwich time ball for guidance on the erection of a timeball at Chatham, answered by Christie, 1894.Letter of thanks for C.F. Close's visit to inspect the time ball, 1894.Arrangements for the fall of the Bremen time ball, reported by 'Normal Zeit' and acknowledged by F.W. Dyson, 1895.P. Stevens on the difference in...
Dates:
1885 - 1910
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 time balls, signals and clocks, 1904 - 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/256
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the Deal Time Ball; time balls and signals at Portland, Gibraltar and Dover; and clocks for Malta and Chatham:Correspondence with J. Jermyn concerning repairs and reasons for the failure of signals, 1904-1910.Correspondence with J. Jermyn concerning repairs and inventions of moveable property, 1904-1921.Correspondence with G. Cutcher concerning repairs, 1922-1925.Page extracted from the 'Deal, Walmer and Sandwich Mercury', 11 July...
Dates:
1904 - 1927
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 time signals, 1939 - 1955
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/629
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding time signals, including the following items:Correspondence between H. Spencer Jones, H.M. Smith and the Admiralty concerning equipment required and installations at Abinger, clock radio receivers and aerial systems, 1952-1955.Correspondence with Central Rediffusion Services Ltd and the Admiralty concerning the availability of the 6 pips time signal for the Independent Television Authority, 1955.Correspondence between R. Atkinson and...
Dates:
1939 - 1955
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).
File
Papers on Universal Time, 1884 - 1898
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/146
Scope and Contents
Canadian and North American Papers relating to Universal Time:Printed notice from the Royal Society of Canada drawing attention to matters of time determination and nomenclature, 1890.Letter from Wilhelm Prealt of Hamburg, in German, 1890.Letter from Sandford Fleming, Ottawa, enclosing a Bill to be laid before the United States Senate regarding the reckoning of time in the United States, 1891.Letter from [J.P. Sohiham] of Vienna sending a copy of a booklet by...
Dates:
1884 - 1898
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).
Series
Photographic Zenith Tube: Records, c.1940s-1980s
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 103
Scope and Contents
The PZT papers include: five boxes of Dudley S. Perfect and PZT papers; two observer's notebooks (1982-1983); three fault repair notebooks (c.1973-1983); a PZT 'phase slips and clock repair book' (1975); and PZT plate records.
Dates:
c.1940s-1980s
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).
Sub-Series
Prof. Vinicio Barocas (1914-2016), 1940 - 2017
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 94/2
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Vinicio Barocas during and after WW2, two prisoner identity discs from his time in a Canadian internment camp, telegrams to secure his release, photographs of Abinger, an autobiography by Barocas, and a biography of Barocas by his friend Ian Cuerden.
Dates:
1940 - 2017
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).
Series
RGO Time Department: Papers, 1872 - 1989
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 43
Scope and Contents
Catalogue in progress. Further records will be uploaded over the coming months.
Dates:
1872 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access:
Part restricted. Much of this collection is as yet unprocessed. Requests to view unlisted material should be sent to els57@cam.ac.uk. Access to files RGO 43/78-81 is restricted until 80 years from the date of creation under the terms of the Data Protection Act 2018.
File
Time ball and clock statistics, 1852 - 1861
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/626
Scope and Contents
Statistics concerning the Galvanic Motor Clock during 1857-1861; the Greenwich Time Ball during 1852-1861; the Deal Time Ball during 1856-1861; and the regulation of the Post Office clocks during 1856-1861.
Dates:
1852 - 1861
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).