"Method for determining the Longitude by an absolute altitude of the moon", addressed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by John Christian Bowring.

"Method for determining the Longitude by an absolute altitude of the moon", addressed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by John Christian Bowring, dated La Paz, 10th August 1836. With copy dated Cuzco 20th August 1837. Bowring suggests an alternative to Pingre and Lemonier's earlier method of calulating latitude (4 sheets).

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ID:	HSR/U/28
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1836-08-10 - 1837-08-20
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Ephemera (Manuscript) Transferred to HSR/A/5. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/1) Information about the Turkish decoration, superb aigrette, Constantinople, 3 November 1798. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/2) John Senex: proposals for a new pair of globes, ca.1720. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/3) French Renaissance illumination of 16th century showing Pope Clement I with the anchor with which he was martyred. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/4) Signature and engraving of Sir Anthony Ashley, Bart, ca.1600. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/5) Index to a naval letterbook, unidentified, ca.1745. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/6) 'The London Gazette', no.2142, 27-31 May 1686. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/7) Receipt for the payment by Edmund Swanton of a tax granted for building thirty ships of war. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/8) Grant of Arms to Admiral William Hotham as Baron Hotham of South Dalton, with the Seal of the King of Arms of All Ireland attached, dated 6 April 1797. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/9) Petition to the Constable of Dover Castle from the Barons of the Cinque Ports to take part in the coronation of George IV, 1 July 1820. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/1) Draft of a congratulatory address to George III on the occasion of the battle of Trafalgar by the Corporation of Great Yarmouth, 26 November 1805. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/2) Transferred to PUS/3. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/3) Transferred to PUS/4. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/4) Signature of Sir John Barrow, n.d. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/5) A group of letters mounted on canvas, relating to the painting of Napoleon Bonaparte on board HMS BELLEROPHON in Plymouth Sound, by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, exhibited in 1815. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/6/1-2) Lord Northesk, Coat of Arms, (formerly FD/49). (Manuscript) (HSR/U/7) MARY ROSE ordnance. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/8) Survey of the population of the Pitcairn Islands by Richard Thompson, 1837, (formerly SCN/5). 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(Manuscript) (HSR/V/7) Japanese Surrender: surrender of the Japanese forces at Hong Kong, signed by Rear-Admiral Cecil, M.J. Harcourt, Maj-Gen Umekichi Okada, and Vice-Admiral Ruritaro Fujitia, 16 September 1945, (formerly FD/58). (Manuscript) (HSR/V/8) Signature of members on the Atlantic Charter, August 1941, (formerly FD/37). (Manuscript) (HSR/V/9) King Charles of Austria-Hungary: holograph parole (in french); certificate transferring custody to the Governor of Madeira, photograph of King Charles and Queen Zita on HMS CARDIFF, 1921. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/10) Sir Percy Noble, Adm: recollections of Queen Victoria's funeral, 1901, (formerly BGY/N/2). (Manuscript) (HSR/V/11) H.M. King George VI: address at the opening of the National Maritime Museum. (Manuscript) (HSR/V/12) Press cuttings, 4 January-17 March 1950, relating to the loss of the submarine TRUCULENT, 12 January 1950. 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"Method for determining the Longitude by an absolute altitude of the moon", addressed to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty by John Christian Bowring.

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