Brief account of the chronometer : with remarks on those furnished by Parkinson and Frodsham to the expeditions of Captains Ross, Parry, Sabine, King, Lyon, Foster, and other ... navigators, with the rate of others tried at the Royal Observatory, Greenwic

Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1768, pour éprouver les montres marines inventées par M. Le Roy

Cassini, Jean-Dominique, 1748-1845

January 1770

"The author (1748-1845) was the fourth generation of a family of Italian-French astronomers, all of ...

An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour : drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks ... /

Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773.
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Mulgrave, Constantine John Phipps, Baron, 1744-1792.
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Carteret, Philip, d. 1796
Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795
Byron, John, 1723-1786.

January 1775

"A voyage towards the North Pole ... by Constantin John Phipps ..." has special t.p. and separate pa...

Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Narrative - Vol. 2

Thomson, C Wyville
Murray, John

December 1911

Narrative Volume 2I. Memorandum on the Magnetical Observations made during the Voyage.By Frederick E...

Chronometers and chronometry on British Voyages of Exploration, 1819-1836

Akkermans, Emily Jane

July 2021

This thesis demonstrates how a historical geography of the chronometer can inform our understanding ...

Marine chronometers at Greenwich: a catalogue of marine chronometers at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Betts, Jonathan

January 2018

This is a comprehensive, illustrated catalogue of the 200+ marine chronometers in the collections of...

Observations by Lieut. George Raper, R.N., 1787-1794 [manuscript].

Raper, George, 1769-1796.

Manuscript reference no. : MS 9433/1.; Cover title.; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-...

Every hour, on the hour, from sun up ‘till sun down: William Brahe and the establishment of central Australia's first weather station during the Burke and Wills Expedition

Phoenix, David

December 2013

[Extract] Many exploring expeditions made meteorological recordings, and the Burke and Wills Expedit...

An Historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators; including those lately undertaken by order of His Present Majesty [electronic resource] : the whole faithfully extracted from the journals of the voyagers: Drake, undertaken in 1577-80; Cavendish, 1586-1588 ... together with that of Sydney Parkinson, draftsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. ... and the voyage of Mons. Bougainville round the world, performed by order of the French king : illustrated with maps, charts, and historical prints : in four volumes ; to which is added, an appendix, containing the journal of a voyage to the North Pole, by the Hon. Commodore Phipps, and Captain Lutwidge.

January 1775

With: Supplement, containing the journal of a voyage undertaken by order of His Present Majesty, for...

Break-Circuit Chronometer

Pethybridge, Sean

October 2012

T.S. & J.D. NegusThe Gettysburg Chronometer Break-circuit chronometer19th CenturyRosewood, BrassCase...

The mariner's compass rectified. Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day ... With tables of amplitudes. Which tables of sun-dials [etc.] are calculated from the equator to 60 degrees of latitude ... With the description and use of those instruments most in practice in the art of navigation. Also a table of latitude and longitudes of places.

Wakely, Andrew.
Bayly, William, 1737-1810.
Wales, William, 1734?-1798.
Mountaine, William, d. 1779.
Atkinson, James.

January 1780

"Observations of the moon's distance from the sun and stars, made by Messrs. W. Wales ... and W. Bay...

CHRONOMETER AND TIME IN ASTRONOMICAL NAVIGATION

Ivančić, Toni

September 2018

Ovim radom se ukazuje na razvoj kronometra kroz povijest, te o vremenu i njegovom mjerenju. Kronome...

The Original Astronomical Observations Made In The Course Of A Voyage Towards the south pole, And Round The World, In his Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the Years MDCCLXXII, MDCCLXXIII, MDCCLXXIV, and MDCCLXXV

Wales, William
Bayly, William

January 1777

By William Wales F.R.S. Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ’s Hospital ; And Mr. Willi...

Observations made in astronomy, magnetism and meteorolgy.

Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

January 1750

Vols. for 1841-1914 include Rates of box and pocket chronometers on trial for purchase by the Board ...

The observatory temperature room and competitive trials of chronometers, in 1884 and 1886. Washington Observations for 1 883 ; Appendix III. 35 pages et IX planches

January 1887

The observatory temperature room and competitive trials of chronometers, in 1884 and 1886. Washingto...

Finding Longitude: How Ships, Clocks and Stars helped solve the Longitude Problem

Higgitt, Rebekah F.
Dunn, Richard

November 2014

A tale of eighteenth-century invention and competition, commerce and conflict, this is a lively, ill...

Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1768, pour éprouver les montres marines inventées par M. Le Roy

Cassini, Jean-Dominique, 1748-1845

January 1770

"The author (1748-1845) was the fourth generation of a family of Italian-French astronomers, all of ...

An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour : drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks ... /

Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773.
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Mulgrave, Constantine John Phipps, Baron, 1744-1792.
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Carteret, Philip, d. 1796
Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795
Byron, John, 1723-1786.

January 1775

"A voyage towards the North Pole ... by Constantin John Phipps ..." has special t.p. and separate pa...

Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Narrative - Vol. 2

Thomson, C Wyville
Murray, John

December 1911

Narrative Volume 2I. Memorandum on the Magnetical Observations made during the Voyage.By Frederick E...

Chronometers and chronometry on British Voyages of Exploration, 1819-1836

Akkermans, Emily Jane

July 2021

This thesis demonstrates how a historical geography of the chronometer can inform our understanding ...

Marine chronometers at Greenwich: a catalogue of marine chronometers at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Betts, Jonathan

January 2018

This is a comprehensive, illustrated catalogue of the 200+ marine chronometers in the collections of...

Observations by Lieut. George Raper, R.N., 1787-1794 [manuscript].

Raper, George, 1769-1796.

Manuscript reference no. : MS 9433/1.; Cover title.; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-...

Every hour, on the hour, from sun up ‘till sun down: William Brahe and the establishment of central Australia's first weather station during the Burke and Wills Expedition

Phoenix, David

December 2013

[Extract] Many exploring expeditions made meteorological recordings, and the Burke and Wills Expedit...

An Historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators; including those lately undertaken by order of His Present Majesty [electronic resource] : the whole faithfully extracted from the journals of the voyagers: Drake, undertaken in 1577-80; Cavendish, 1586-1588 ... together with that of Sydney Parkinson, draftsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. ... and the voyage of Mons. Bougainville round the world, performed by order of the French king : illustrated with maps, charts, and historical prints : in four volumes ; to which is added, an appendix, containing the journal of a voyage to the North Pole, by the Hon. Commodore Phipps, and Captain Lutwidge.

January 1775

With: Supplement, containing the journal of a voyage undertaken by order of His Present Majesty, for...

Break-Circuit Chronometer

Pethybridge, Sean

October 2012

T.S. & J.D. NegusThe Gettysburg Chronometer Break-circuit chronometer19th CenturyRosewood, BrassCase...

The mariner's compass rectified. Containing tables, shewing the true hour of the day ... With tables of amplitudes. Which tables of sun-dials [etc.] are calculated from the equator to 60 degrees of latitude ... With the description and use of those instruments most in practice in the art of navigation. Also a table of latitude and longitudes of places.

Wakely, Andrew.
Bayly, William, 1737-1810.
Wales, William, 1734?-1798.
Mountaine, William, d. 1779.
Atkinson, James.

January 1780

"Observations of the moon's distance from the sun and stars, made by Messrs. W. Wales ... and W. Bay...

CHRONOMETER AND TIME IN ASTRONOMICAL NAVIGATION

Ivančić, Toni

September 2018

Ovim radom se ukazuje na razvoj kronometra kroz povijest, te o vremenu i njegovom mjerenju. Kronome...

The Original Astronomical Observations Made In The Course Of A Voyage Towards the south pole, And Round The World, In his Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the Years MDCCLXXII, MDCCLXXIII, MDCCLXXIV, and MDCCLXXV

Wales, William
Bayly, William

January 1777

By William Wales F.R.S. Master of the Royal Mathematical School in Christ’s Hospital ; And Mr. Willi...

Observations made in astronomy, magnetism and meteorolgy.

Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

January 1750

Vols. for 1841-1914 include Rates of box and pocket chronometers on trial for purchase by the Board ...

The observatory temperature room and competitive trials of chronometers, in 1884 and 1886. Washington Observations for 1 883 ; Appendix III. 35 pages et IX planches

January 1887

The observatory temperature room and competitive trials of chronometers, in 1884 and 1886. Washingto...

Finding Longitude: How Ships, Clocks and Stars helped solve the Longitude Problem

Higgitt, Rebekah F.
Dunn, Richard

November 2014

A tale of eighteenth-century invention and competition, commerce and conflict, this is a lively, ill...

Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1768, pour éprouver les montres marines inventées par M. Le Roy

Cassini, Jean-Dominique, 1748-1845

January 1770

"The author (1748-1845) was the fourth generation of a family of Italian-French astronomers, all of ...

An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour : drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks ... /

Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773.
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Mulgrave, Constantine John Phipps, Baron, 1744-1792.
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Carteret, Philip, d. 1796
Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795
Byron, John, 1723-1786.

January 1775

"A voyage towards the North Pole ... by Constantin John Phipps ..." has special t.p. and separate pa...

Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Narrative - Vol. 2

Thomson, C Wyville
Murray, John

December 1911

Narrative Volume 2I. Memorandum on the Magnetical Observations made during the Voyage.By Frederick E...

Brief account of the chronometer : with remarks on those furnished by Parkinson and Frodsham to the expeditions of Captains Ross, Parry, Sabine, King, Lyon, Foster, and other ... navigators, with the rate of others tried at the Royal Observatory, Greenwic

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Brief account of the chronometer : with remarks on those furnished by Parkinson and Frodsham to the expeditions of Captains Ross, Parry, Sabine, King, Lyon, Foster, and other ... navigators, with the rate of others tried at the Royal Observatory, Greenwic

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