Rupert-Jones, John Archibald, Commander, 1874-1934.
The collection consists of Rupert-Jones's research material, including notebooks, articles and some related correspondences, concerning voyages of exploration and hydrographic subjects. There are also reports on hydrographic surveys carried out for the Admiralty.
There are also workbooks and logs created by the astronomer and mathematician John Crosley (1762-1817). Crosley was appointed astronomer to the sloop HMS PROVIDENCE (1791), commanded by Commander William R. Broughton, in 1793; and to HMS INVESTIGATOR (purchased 1798) for the voyage to Terra Australis under the command of Lieutenant Matthew Flinders, in 1801. Crosley left the latter vessel at the Cape of Good Hope and returned to England owing to ill health. The workbooks contain calculations on longitude and errors of the lunar tables, also a list of the books on board the INVESTIGATOR.
There are also workbooks and logs created by the astronomer and mathematician John Crosley (1762-1817). Crosley was appointed astronomer to the sloop HMS PROVIDENCE (1791), commanded by Commander William R. Broughton, in 1793; and to HMS INVESTIGATOR (purchased 1798) for the voyage to Terra Australis under the command of Lieutenant Matthew Flinders, in 1801. Crosley left the latter vessel at the Cape of Good Hope and returned to England owing to ill health. The workbooks contain calculations on longitude and errors of the lunar tables, also a list of the books on board the INVESTIGATOR.
Object Details
| ID: | RJN |
|---|---|
| Type: | Manuscript |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1791-1934 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Parts: | Rupert-Jones, John Archibald, Commander, 1874-1934. |