Janus: Papers of George Airy

RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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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
592	Papers on chronometer improvements
593	Papers on chronometer improvements
594	Papers on chronometer improvements
595	Miscellaneous papers on chronometers
596	Miscellaneous papers on chronometers
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Papers of George Airy

Title	Papers on chronometer improvements
Reference	RGO 6/591 (former reference: J5/57)
Covering Dates	1853–1855
Extent and Medium	1 volume

Content and context

Correspondence and papers concerning improvements in chronometers, concerned chiefly with E.T. Loseby's chronometer. The volume includes correspondence on Loseby's new time-keeper in the 'Journal of the Society of Arts'; a patent for his improvements; and printed correspondence on its claims. There is also a paper by E.B. Denison 'on some recent improvements in clock escapements'; pieces on G. Philcox and J. Ontan's escapements; and letters by F. Beaufort, F. Dent and W.H. Miller.

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Clocks

Dent, Edward John (1790-1853) chronometer maker

Beaufort, Sir Francis (1774-1857) Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer

Denison, Sir William Thomas (1804-1871) Knight, army officer and colonial governor

Miller, William Hallowes (1801-1880) mineralogist

Loseby, Edward Thomas (1817-1890) clockmaker

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