Artists’ Papers Register
A location register of the papers of artists, designers and craftspeople held in publicly accessible collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland
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Artists’ Papers RegisterA location register of the papers of artists, designers and craftspeople held in publicly accessible collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland |
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| GB/NNAF/P600454 Harrison, John (1693-1776) Gender: Male Functions, occupations and activities Inventor of scientific instruments, most notably a longitude timekeeper Thesaurus CLOCKMAKERS Relationships Family relationship with Harrison, William (1728-1815) Son Archival Resources Number noted: 3 Papers of him and his son William, including a holograph account of John's longitude timekeeper, essays, notes and calculations, mechanical notes and drawings, copy of William's will, c 1726 - 1814 Held at: Guildhall Library Document reference: MS 3972/1-3 Papers collected by Alexander Cumming relating to his horological inventions; ms description with plans, by him, of his longitude timekeeper, and letters mostly from William Harrison relating to its testing at sea, 1763-1774; 1730, 1750-1773 Held at: Guildhall Library Document reference: MS 3973, 6026/1-2 Comments: Access subject to special conditions Journal (photocopy) relating to the testing of his longitude timekeeper, 1761-1766 Held at: Guildhall Library Document reference: MS 3972A Date of creation: 23 July 2003 |
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