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Astronomical regulators and precision clocks
Chronometers, precision watches and timekeepers
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astronomical instrument: telescope, equatorial
Astronomical regulator
Astronomical regulator Dent No. 2
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compass, azimuth
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Compass instructions
Compass skylight cover
Compass sliding shutter
Deck watch
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Dry compass
electrical & magnetic t&e: dip circle component
electrical & magnetic t&e: dip needle
electrical & magnetic t&e: magnetograph component: motor
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Marine chronometer
Mariner's compass
Mariner's compass and binnacle
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Sidereal drive
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's(in binnacle)
timekeeper: chronometer, marine
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(2 day)
timekeeper: clock, alarm
timekeeper: clock, driving
timekeeper: movement, watch
timekeeper: watch, pocket
timekeeping t&e: telescope component: clock, driving
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Display - Polar Worlds Gallery
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Dent, Edward John
Dover, John
Earnshaw, Thomas
Henry Barrow & Co
Ransomes & Sims
Robinson, Thomas Charles
Siemens Brothers and Co Ltd, London
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClure, 1850-1854
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Airy, George Biddell
Lake, Ron
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
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Mercer, Vaudrey
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Compass sliding shutter
Compass skylight cover
Envelope
Dry card compass
compass, azimuth
Dry card compass
1633 (Marine chronometer)
Concorde (Clock)
Compass and binnacle
28253 (Watch)
35548 (Pocket Watch)
17949 (Pocket watch movement)
Clock, driving
Motor
46168 (Marine chronometer)
Dry compass
Dry compass
Sidereal drive
Astronomical regulator Dent No. 2 (Astronomical regulator Dent No. 2)
Compass instructions
Dry card compass
Mariner's compass and binnacle
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