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.

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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.

Letter from Mr Hornsby to the Honourable and Reverend Dr Barrington, Canon of Christ Church, dated 28 January 1765, asked him to represent to Lord Barrington on his behalf re: the advantage that may result from 'settling the longitudes & latitudes of the principal capes & forelands etc of the British Isles, whether by an actual survey of the whole Kingdom, or by sending Mr Harrison's watch round the Island, if that watch should ever become the property of the Public'.

Related Material the <a href="http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-BGN-00000/17">Board of Longitude Digital Archive</a> for a digitised copy of this letter.

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Object Details

ID:	BGN/5
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Barrington-Shute, William Wildman
Date made:	1765-01-28
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Purchased with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	Barrington-Shute, William Wildman, 2nd Viscount Barrington, 1717-1793. (Manuscript) Copy of Sir Isaac Newton's opinion on methods for determining longitude at sea dated 1714, with a later note dated 1741/2 on the agreement of the best method by those named. (Manuscript) (BGN/1) Memorandum to explain the accounts of the money raised by the sale of Old Naval Stores between December 1740 and December 1749. (Manuscript) (BGN/2) List of monies paid to John Harrison, dated 1762. (Manuscript) (BGN/3) Navy Office accounts of monies issued for the development of longitude instruments, dated 28 January 1765. (Manuscript) (BGN/4) 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) Notes on different methods of finding longitude at sea and on Longitude Acts. (Manuscript) (BGN/13) Pamphlet by John Harrison called 'A Narative of the Proceedings etc. Concerning the Longitude'. (Manuscript) (BGN/14)