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Boat's liquid compass
Boat's liquid compass and binnacle
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Electric Impulse Clock movement
Electric wall impulse clock
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Electric Wall Slave Clock movement
Gyro, gyrocompass
Gyro compass Unit
Gyrocompass Unit
Hanger
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Liquid compass and binnacle
Presentation Sword
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, photo-electric
surveying & navigational t&e: compass spares
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Mahdist War: Battles of El-Teb, 1884
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6391 (Electric Impulse Clock movement)
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Gyrocompass Unit
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