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Proposal by the Board of Longitude to pay John Harrison a sum of money for the development of his timekeepers.
Proposal by the Board of Longitude that £7500 be paid to John Harrison when 'the principles upon which his machine watch, or timekeeper is constructed, are fully discovered and explained; andMr Harrison hath assignedhis timekeepers to the Commissioners of the Longitude, for the use of the Public'. Also a further sum of £10,000 to be awarded to him once other timekeepers have been made and 'upon trial found to be of a sufficient correctness to determinelongitude, within half a degree, or thirty geographical miles'. No date, but before August 1765.
Related Material the <a href="http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BGN-00000/33">Board of Longitude Digital Archive</a> for a digitised copy of this proposal.
Related Material the <a href="http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BGN-00000/33">Board of Longitude Digital Archive</a> for a digitised copy of this proposal.
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Record Details
| Item reference: | BGN/9; WB/5 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 item |
| Date made: | 1765 |
| Creator: | Barrington-Shute, William Wildman |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Purchased with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
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- List of monies paid to John Harrison, dated 1762. (Manuscript) (BGN/3)
- Letter from Mr Hornsby to the Reverend Dr Barrington, dated 28 January 1765, on the advantages of determining the longitudes and latitudes of the British Isles. (Manuscript) (BGN/5)
- Letter from James, Earl of Morton (Lord Aberdour) to Lord Viscount Barrington, dated Tuesday, 5 March 1765, asking him to postpone a Board of Longitude committee meeting. (Manuscript) (BGN/6)
- Letter from James, Earl of Morton (Lord Aberdour) to Lord Viscount Barrington, dated Wednesday, 6 March 1765, regarding his availability to attend a Board of Longitude committee meeting. (Manuscript) (BGN/7)
- Speech by Lord Barrington in which he discusses the construction and trials of Harrison's timekeepers. (Manuscript) (BGN/8)
- Proposal by the Board of Longitude to pay John Harrison a sum of money for the development of his timekeepers. (Manuscript) (BGN/9)
- Note stating that Members of the Board of Longitude would not be entitled to receive a reward for any discoveries made on the methods of of finding the longitude at sea. (Manuscript) (BGN/10)
- Letter from Nevil Maskelyne and Mr Shepherd to Lord Barrington, on Lord Howe's objection to the partition of the Board of Longitude. (Manuscript) (BGN/11)
- Letter from the Speaker of the House of Commons to Lord Barrington, requesting alterations to the resolutions proposed to the Committee. (Manuscript) (BGN/12)
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