| RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains: |
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| <-- See earlier |
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| 594 |
Papers on chronometer improvements |
| 595 |
Miscellaneous papers on chronometers |
| 596 |
Miscellaneous papers on chronometers |
| 597 |
Miscellaneous papers on chronometers |
| 598 |
Correspondence on chronometer errors and rates |
| 599 |
Correspondence on chronometers |
| 600 |
Correspondence on chronometers |
| 601 |
Correspondence on chronometers |
| 602 |
Correspondence on chronometers |
| 603 |
Correspondence on chronometers |
| 604 |
Correspondence on chronometers |
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Papers of George Airy
| Title |
Correspondence on chronometers |
| Reference |
RGO 6/599
(former reference: J5/105) |
| Covering Dates |
1849–1859 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 volume |
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| Content and context |
Correspondence concerning the location, identity, rates and purchases of various chronometers. The volume includes repairs to and complaints with chronometer makers; requests for chronometers for D. Livingstone and the Oregon expedition; a list of chronometer makers; a paper, in French, by Messrs Delamarche and Ploix on the influence of the magnetism of ships on the rates of chronometers; J Hartnup's 'importance of testing chronometers before they are used at sea'; and notes on the management of chronometers at Liverpool Observatory by W. Ellis. There are also papers on the Greenwich Time Ball and the Westminster Bell. The correspondents include J. Washington, G.G. Stokes, A. de Morgan and C.F.A. Shadwell. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Clocks |
| Liverpool |
| Oregon |
| Ellis, William (1828-1916) astronomer |
| Morgan, Augustus de (1806-1871) mathematician |
| Stokes, Sir George Gabriel (1819-1903) 1st Baronet, physicist |
| Livingstone, David (1813-1873) African missionary and explorer |
| Washington, John (1800-1863) Rear Admiral, hydrographer |
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