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Design for new grasshopper pallet
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timekeeper: clock(parts)
Timekeeper: clock(parts); Watch parts; manuscript
timekeeper: main spring(piece)
timekeeper: pallet, grasshopper(part)
timekeeper: regulator, astronomical
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H1)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H2)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H3)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H4)
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Gould, Rupert Thomas
Hall, Francis
Harrison, John
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Smith, John Raphael
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Allix, Charles
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King George II
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Seymour, of the Fleet George Francis
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Mainspring
Small card pill box containing a 45 mm piece of H4’s mainspring (Main spring)
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