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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
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Exploring the Arctic
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The many faces of the telescope
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drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
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meteorological t&e: thermometer
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optical t&e: telescope, spy glass(non-achromatic)
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Spyglass telescope
surveying & navigational t&e: circle, reflecting
surveying & navigational t&e: octant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant(with artificial horizon ca.1834)
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, box
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope, transit instrument
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Berge, Matthew
Dollond & Aitchison
Magellan, Jean Hyacinthe de
Martin, Joshua Lover
Ramsden, Jesse
Sisson, Jeremiah
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Airy, George Biddell
Becher, Alexander Bridport
Blackwood, Capt
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Gerrard, William
Greenwich Hospital School
Holliday, Michael
Ommaney, John
Ramsden, Jesse
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Tchichagoff
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