| 1773 |
Ordered with Arnold 1 which was identical |
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| 1774 | Inventory of 14 December, both clocks described as 'an astronomical clock with Ruby pallets'. One in the transit room, the other in the Great (Octagon) Room (RGO4/309/2). A second copy (RGO/309/4) gives the same locations. Another copy (RGO4/309/5) gives locations as Quadrant Room and Great Room as does the copy in RGO6/21/130–134. The two new Equatorial Sectors by Sisson are now present in the East and West Domes (eastern & western summerhouses). The East Dome also houses a month clock by Shelton (with a compound pendulum and new ruby pallets) and two new assistant clocks. |
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| 1775 | Inventory of 21 June 1775. Now installed in West Dome for use with the Sisson Sector. Arnold 1 still in the Great Room (RGO6/21/130–134 | ||
| 1849 | 8 Jan: Set away for repair from its location in passage room (part of Bradley's original Quadrant Room (RGO6/722/135)) | ||
| 1851/2 | Fitted with Loseby's apparatus and a mercurial pendulum and the pallets re-jeweled (Papers of the House of Commons) | ||
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| 1872 | Fitted with new pendulum of zinc and steel similar to that of the Sidereal Standard ready for the forthcoming Transit of Venus Expeditions (1872 Visititor Minutes (ADM190/4/377) & Introduction to Greenwich Observations p.xxv) | ||
| 1874 | Sent to Transit of Venus Station D (New Zealand) and used as Transit Clock (RGO59/58) | ||
| 1890 | At Greenwich, but no location specified. Used for 'occasional purposes' and described as having been suplied with a new zinc and still pendulum similar to the sidereal standard (Introduction to Greenwich Observations p.xxiii) | ||
| 1893 | May 10, Still at Greenwich, no location specified, and still used for 'occasional purposes' (Annual Report & Introduction to Greenwich Observations p.xxvi) | ||
| 1894 |
By 10 May, on loan to Oxford University (Annual Report) |
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| 1911 | Still on loan to Oxford University (Inventory: RGO39/4/60) | ||
| 1926 | Still on loan to Oxford University (Inventory: RGO39/5/22) | ||
| 1936 | April 30, still on loan to Oxford University (Annual Report) |
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| By | 1937 | Between 1 May 1936 & 30 April 1937, returned to Greenwich (Annual Report) and placed in Lower Record Room (RGO39/6/208) | |
| 1938 | Sold to Messrs Clowes & Jauncey in May (RGO39/6/208) |
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