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Correspondence with Admiralty, In- letters, 6 February 1847- 30 December 1870 (Manuscript)
1847-02-06 - 1870-12-30
ACO/13/8
Correspondence with Admiralty, In letters and Out letters, 22 February 1842 to 13 January 1847. (Manuscript)
1842-02-22 - 1847-01-13
ACO/13/1
Correspondence with compass makers, In letters and Out letters, 7 August 1842- 10 November 1883 (Manuscript)
1842-08-07 - 1883-11-10
ACO/13/6
Report on Japanese Compass Equipment, 1950, Report No. GCD 5/50 (Manuscript)
1950 - 1950
ACO/13/31
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1912 - 1914
ACO/9/5
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1905 - 1911
ACO/11/14
Book 3, Gyro Compasses as fitted in Cruisers, 1930-1946 (Manuscript)
1930 - 1946
ACO/3/8
Swing book, 1925 - 1926, Battleships, Cruisers and Auxiliaries (Manuscript)
1925 - 1926
ACO/2/15
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1855 - 1860
ACO/11/7
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1847 - 1848
ACO/10/2
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1913 - 1914
ACO/10/4
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1862 - 1867
ACO/7/7
Suggest methods of lighting the standard compass, 1894-1897 (Manuscript)
1894 - 1897
ACO/4/8/2
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1962 - 1962
ACO/6/4
Sir William Thomsons Patent Cases, versus Batty (1887), with notes by Commander. W. E. May (Manuscript)
1887 - 1887
ACO/4/1/8
Early letters, 1909-1910 including letter from Commander. Creagh- Osborne to Colonel Cody (Manuscript)
1909 - 1910
ACO/4/27/1
The Development of the Gyro- Compass prior to and during the First World War by Captain Greagh- Osbourn, October 1919 (Manuscript)
1919-10 - 1919-10
ACO/4/22/1
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1953 - 1954
ACO/5/9
Collected papers on the trials of the improved liquid compass, 1888-1890 (Manuscript)
1888 - 1890
ACO/4/6
Inclining Experiments for Heeling Error, conducted by Captain Creak, HMS THAMES, 1891-1893 (Manuscript)
1891 - 1893
ACO/4/12/2
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1873 - 1889
ACO/9/1
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1923 - 1924
ACO/S&T/16/5
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1932 - 1971
ACO/S&T/16/7
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1965 - 1965
ACO/S&T/30/10
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