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Correspondence between the National Maritime Museum, H.M. Chronometer Depot and Gould regarding the Harrison timekeepers, 1945-46.

File containing correspondence between the National Maritime Museum, H.M. Chronometer Depot and Gould regarding the Harrison timekeepers and the presentation of his notebooks and papers to the Royal Observatory 1945-46.

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ID:	GOU/18
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Gould, Rupert Thomas
Date made:	1945-1946-12-31; 1945-01-01 - 1946-12-31 1945-1946
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Gould, Rupert Thomas, Lieutenant Commander, 1890-1948. (Manuscript) Work journal on Harrison's No.2 and 3 timekeepers, 1923-24. (Manuscript) (GOU/1) Notebook containing details on original stripping of Harrison's No.3 timekeeper, 1924. (Manuscript) (GOU/2) Notebook containing rough detailed notes on the assembly of Harrison No.3 timekeeper 1930-31. (Manuscript) (GOU/3) Notebook containing full details on the reconstruction of Harrison No.1 timekeeper, 1932-33. (Manuscript) (GOU/4) Notebook detailing the second cleaning of Harrison No.4 timekeeper, 1935, first cleaning of No.1 timekeeper and second cleaning of No.2 timekeeper up to 1935. (Manuscript) (GOU/5) Notebook containing concluding notes on the second cleaning of Harrison No. 2 timekeeper 1936-37. (Manuscript) (GOU/6) Notebook containing details on the second overhaul of Harrison No.3 timekeeper, 1937-38. (Manuscript) (GOU/7) Notebook containing the remaining details on the second overhaul of Harrison No.3 timekeeper, 1938-39. (Manuscript) (GOU/8) Monographs relating to Harrison No.1 timekeeper, 1932. (Manuscript) (GOU/9) Notebook entitled 'Notes on John Harrison's Second Timekeeper (and a few on his third)', (Manuscript) (GOU/10) Lecture delivered by Gould before the British Horological Institute 7 Oct 1931: 'The Restoration of John Harrison's Third Timekeeper'. (Manuscript) (GOU/11) Various correspondence and notes relating to the cleaning and repair of Harrison No.1 timekeeper, 1932-34. (Manuscript) (GOU/12) Various correspondence and notes relating to the cleaning and repair of Harrison No.2 timekeeper, 1923-37. (Manuscript) (GOU/13) Various correspondence and notes relating to the cleaning and repair of Harrison No.3 timekeeper, 1929-46. (Manuscript) (GOU/14) Rough notebook kept during the repair, cleaning and adjustment of the Royal Astronomical Society's Harrison clock, 1927-29. (Manuscript) (GOU/15) Various correspondence relating to the overhaul of the Royal Astronomical Society's Harrison clock, 1927-29. (Manuscript) (GOU/16) Rough notebook kept on daily running of the Harrison clock installed in the Grove Hills Library, 1929-48. (Manuscript) (GOU/17) Correspondence between the National Maritime Museum, H.M. Chronometer Depot and Gould regarding the Harrison timekeepers, 1945-46. (Manuscript) (GOU/18) Copy of Harrison’s Treatise on Timekeepers, and notes on the Harrison Timekeeper. (Manuscript) (GOU/19)

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