| RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 581 |
Correspondence on chronometers |
| 582 |
Correspondence on chronometers |
| 583 |
Papers on chronometer trials |
| 584 |
Papers on chronometer trials |
| 585 |
Papers on clock and chronometer improvements |
| 586 |
Papers on clock developments |
| 587 |
Claims for chronometer improvements |
| 588 |
Claims for chronometer improvements |
| 589 |
Papers on clock and chronometer improvements |
| 590 |
Papers on clock and chronometer improvements |
| 591 |
Papers on chronometer improvements |
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Papers of George Airy
| Title |
Papers on clock developments |
| Reference |
RGO 6/586
(former reference: J5/52) |
| Covering Dates |
1844–1848 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 box |
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| Content and context |
Correspondence with clockmakers and other papers concerning new clocks and improvements. There are papers on the Royal Exchange and Hamburg clocks; the rating of the Royal Exchange Clock for 1848; ratings of various chronometers; elasticity of balance springs; improved and new escapements; E.J. Dent's magneto-electric dial; and improved pendulums by J.G. Ulrich and E.T. Loseby. The correspondents include H.C. Schumacher, Lord Wrottesley, F. Beaufort and R. Sheepshanks. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Clocks |
| Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer |
| Dent, Edward John (1790-1853) chronometer maker |
| Schumacher, Heinrich Christian (1780-1850) astronomer |
| Beaufort, Sir Francis (1774-1857) Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer |
| Wrottesley, John (1798-1867) 2nd Baron Wrottesley, landowner and astronomer |
| Loseby, Edward Thomas (1817-1890) clockmaker |
| No further on-line information. |
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