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Astronomical and navigational instruments

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Astrolabes and quadrants

Celestial navigation

Charting instruments

Compasses

Course, speed and distance indicators

Electronic navigation

Globes and globe gores

Meteorological instruments

Optical equipment

Sundials

Telescopes

Timekeeping

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Astronomical regulators and precision clocks

Chronometers, precision watches and timekeepers

Domestic clocks and watches

Other horological instruments

Weapons

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Edged weapons

Firearms

Ordnance

Type

armament, firearm: gun, whaling harpoon

armament t&e, ammunition: fuze

Armillary sphere

astronomical t&e: sphere, armillary

astronomical t&e: telescope, refracting

Backstaff

Binoculars

Box

box, sterilizing

breaker, rum

Bugle

Bureau

Camera

Camera + accessories

ceremonial artifact: casket, launching

chronometer, marine

Clock parts

commemorative artifact: anchor, fouled

commemorative artifact: box, token

commemorative artifact: tie, curtain ?

Compass

Compass correction magnet

Compass gyro-wheel

Currency balance

Curtain tie

Cutaway model

Cutlass

data processing t&e: computing instrument, navigational: calculator, speed drift & direction(R.N. Airship pilots)

Day or night telescope

Deck watch

Dieppe magnetic azimuth dial

Dirk

dividers

documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial

documentary artifact: replica, chronometer(H1)

drafting t&e: dividers

Dry card compass

electrical & magnetic t&e: dip circle component

Equinoctial dial

Experiment of Leith

Eyepiece

Eyepiece for reflector telescope

Fisherman's compass

Flame gun nozzle

food processing t&e: breaker, rum(6 gallon)

food service t&e: tub, rum(20 gallon)

Frame model

Full-hull model

Full hull model

full hull model

Full hull model; Cutaway model

Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Frame model; Rigged model

Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set

Full hull model; Rigged model

funiture plate

furniture: bureau

Furniture plate

Fusee Engine

Fuze

Gaff

Guard Box

Gun, whaling harpoon

Gunner's folding rule

Gunner's folding rule part

Gyrcompass level

Gyro-magnetic compass part

Gyrocompass

Gyrocompass Input/Output Supply

Gyrocompass level

Gyrocompass Power Unit

Gyrocompass Valve Amplifier

Half plate camera with accessories

Hanger

household accessory: key, Greenwich Hospital

Input/Output Supply

key, Greenwich Hospital

key, ship

Launching casket

Lens

Lens, small

Lens cap

Lens cap, small

Level

Levels

level [part]

Liquid compass

Liquid compass - aircraft

Liquid compass bowl - aircraft

Liquid compass card

Mace

Magnet carrier

Magnet carrier - aircraft compass

Magnet holder

Magnet holder - aircraft compass

Magnetic, dip circle

Magnifying glass

Marine chronometer

Marine timekeeper

Mechanical fuse

Medal

medical & psychological t&e: box, medicine(homeopathic)

medical & psychological t&e: box, sterilizing

medical & psychological t&e: chest, medicine

Medicine balance

Medicine chest

meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid: barometer, pocket(in form of watch)

meter, marine distance

Micrometer, parts of

Microscope substage mirror

Model

Mount

musical t&e: bugle

Naval telescope

Nelson's Ship in a Bottle

Octant

optical t&e: binoculars, twin telescope

original art: plaque, portrait

Ornament

Ornamental compass

Orrery

personal gear: belt

personal gear: chain, watch ?

personal gear: glass, reading

personal symbol: anchor, fouled

personal symbol: coat of arms

personal symbol: coat of arms, royal

Pins

Plank-on-frame

Pocket barometer

Pocket chronometer movement

Pocket compass

Pocket Quintant

Pocket Watch

Pocket watch

Pocket watch movement

pointer, station

Portrait plaque

Power Unit

Presentation Sword Scabbard

Quintant

quintant, pocket

Rangefinder

reading glass

refracting telescope

Regulator, solar/sidereal

Replica marine timekeeper

Replica timekeeper

Rigged model

rum barricoe

rum tub

Sails set

Screws

Sextant

Sextant Stand

Sextant with Artificial Horizon

sheathing

Ship's wheel

Ship's wheel handle

ship model

Ships wheel

Ship trimmer

Signalling lamp

Slide rule

Sounding machine

Speed drift & direction calculator

Speed drift & direction calculator - airship

Spigot

Split-second timer

Station pointer

suitcase belt

Survey chronometer

surveying & navigational t&e: backstaff

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, liquid

surveying & navigational t&e: card, spider: compass, liquid

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft observers: compass, liquid

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, fisherman's

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth: compass, dry card

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, ornamental

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket

surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: machine, sounding

surveying & navigational t&e: gyro-wheel, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: level

surveying & navigational t&e: level(clinometer level with crosswire sights)

surveying & navigational t&e: magnet carrier, compass corrector

surveying & navigational t&e: magnet holder, compass corrector

surveying & navigational t&e: octant

surveying & navigational t&e: rangefinder

surveying & navigational t&e: sextant

surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, pocket

surveying & navigational t&e: stand, sextant

Sword

Table globe

Tape Chronograph

Technical drawing

Telescope

telescope

timekeeper: chronometer movement, pocket

timekeeper: movement, watch

timekeeper: timekeeper, marine (H1)

timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, magnetic azimuth

timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial

Token

Token box

Token box base

Token box lid

tub, rum

Twin telescope binoculars

Valve Amplifier

Variable filter

visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling

Wall clock

Watch

watch, deck

watch, pocket

water transport: exploration/research vessel (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 2nd class

water transport: fighting vessel: gunvessel (HMS)

water transport accessory: boss, ships wheel(part only)

water transport accessory: key, ship

water transport accessory: nozzle, flame gun

weights & measures t&e: balance, coin

weights & measures t&e: balance, medicine

Wheel spoke handle

Wooden box

Wrist watch

Materials

alloy

aluminium

aluminium?

black lacquered brass, with electrum(?) scale

black stone

bone

boxwood

boxwood, brass, paper

boxwood, brass, plastic, paper

brass

brass & glass

brass (?)

brass (gilded)

brass (probably)

brass, bronze, steel

brass, bronze, steel, oak, lignum vitae. Electric motor

brass, enamel

brass, glass

brass, glass, ?silver plate

brass, glass, card, iron

brass, glass, leather, silver

brass, glass, wood

brass, grenadilla wood,

brass, ivory, wood, glass

brass, leather

brass, resin, perspex, steel wire,wood

brass, sand cast

brass, silver, paper, glass

brass, steel, aluminium, glass, mahogany, foam rubber

brass, steel, glass, nickel, aluminium

brass, steel, lead, wood

brass, steel, silver

brass, wood

brass, wood, glass

brass, wood, paper, ivory

brass-gilt

brass-gilt, ?

brass?

brass alloy of copper, zinc and iron

brass and steel

brassand steel

brass binding

brass gilt

brass or metal-gilt

brass or steel

brass wire

brass wires

brass with silver-plate

brass [bound]

brass [fittings]

card

cast iron?

chrome plating

copper

copper, plastic

copper-gilt

copper alloy

copper wire

copper wires

cork

ebony

electric wire

electric wiring

enamel

enamel paint

fish-skin

gilt

gilt brass

gilt copper

gilt steel

gilt wire

glass

glass & metal, brass frame, wooden holder

gold

Gold, steel, brass, glass, enamel, jewels

gold?

horn/tortoiseshell

inorganic: alabaster

inorganic: brass;

inorganic: glass

inorganic: mica confirmed (+brass, paper, cork, lead solder).

ivorine

ivory

ivory (CITES), lignum vitae

ivory or bone

lead

leather

leather, brass, glass

liquid

magnet

magnets

mahogany

mahogany, brass, steel, copper, silver, lead, glass, ruby/sapphire and diamond

mahogany, brass, steel, glass, enamel

mahogany, brass, steel, silver, glass

mahogany, steel, brass, silver

mahogany, steel, brass, silver, glass

Marine ply, lime, ramin and boxwood. Metal - brass, copper and stainless steel, Glues used were white wood glue, epoxy and superglue, sails are tracing linen. Paints are enamel with polyurethane varnish.

metal

metal (brass & steel)

metal: brass

metal: brass (German silver)

metal: brass, anodised

metal: brass, copper, silver

metal: brass, enamel

metal: brass, glass

metal: brass, iron

metal: brass, steel

metal: brass, wood, papier mache

metal: brass-gilt

metal: brass-gilt, ?

metal: brass-gilt ?

metal: brass: Brazillian rosewood - Dalbergia nigra (CITES)

metal: brass;

metal: brass ?

metal: brass plate

metal: brass [bound]

metal: brass [fittings]

metal: brass [handles]

metal: brass [handle]

metal: brass [hinges & lock]

metal: brass [hinges, pans & weights]

metal: brass [lock]

metal: brass [mounts]

metal: brass [pans]

metal: brass [plate]

metal: brass [stand]

metal: brass [tag]

metal: bronze

metal: bronze ?

metal: copper

metal: copper [box]

metal: gilded brass, enamel

metal: gunmetal with brass fittings

metal: iron ?

metal: silver

metal: silver ?

metal: steel

metal: steel [balance]

metal confirmed (+brass, glass, mica?, liquid, lead?)

mica

mica?

Mixed media, including: acrylic (PMMA), cast resin, wood, brass and printed canvas

mother of pearl?

oak

oak, brass/bronze, steel, glass

organic: bone

organic: cork [tops]

organic: ivory [drawer knobs]

organic: leather

organic: leather [lid lining]

organic: papier mache

organic: sharkskin [box]

organic: silk

organic: silk [box lining]

organic: velvet

organic: velvet [lining]

organic: wood: box

organic: wood: oak

painted cast brass?

paper dyeline print

pewter-brass alloy

photograph

plastic

Plastic, fibreglass, brass, paint, perspex

Plastic, metal, brass, wood, paint, silk, aluminium

plated brass?

punched

red stone

rolled. Originally gold, due to dezincification colour: black white brown, orange, green, gold

rubber

shark tooth

silk

silver

Silver, brass, steel, enamel, glass jewels

silver, steel, nickel, brass jewels and glass

silver?

silvered brass?

sponge

steel

steel?

steel [barrel]

string

synthetic: glass [phials]

thread

white metal

wood

wood, brass, aluminium, glass

wood, brass, aluminium, glass, leather

wood,brass,cord,monochrome

wood, brass, glass, steel

wood, brass, leather

Wood, brass, nickel, steel, aluminium, glass, jewels, textiles, plastic

wood, brass and steel

wood, felt, metal, brass, brown & green

wood: mahogany

wood: mahogany [box]

wood: oak

wood [box]

Display Location

Display - Forgotten Fighters

Display - Main Museum Grounds

Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery

Display - Polar Worlds Gallery

Display - ROG

Display - Sea Things Gallery

Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery

Not on display

Creator

A., S.

A. Walker & Son

Abraham Louis Breguet & Fils

Air Ministry

Airy, George Biddell

Anonymous

Arnold, John Roger

Avery, W & T

Baker, F. Nolan

Batten & Adams

Bloud, Charles

Bulpitt & Sons

Cary

Cary, William

Cary Porter Ltd

Central Design & Modelling Sevices Ltd

Chapman, John

Chelsea Clock Co

D&E Bailey

Dennis, J C

Dennis, John Charles

Dent, Edward John

Dollond & Aitchison

Elliott Bros

Ferranti

Ferreri, Joannes Paolo

Garner, Will

Gerhard

Gilbert & Sons

Gould, Edward

Gould, Rupert Thomas

Hamilton

Hamilton Watch Co

Hamilton Watch Co.

Hardy, William

Hart Harden & Co

Heath & Co. Ltd

Henry Hughes & Son Limited

Herler, Thomas

Hobbs & Co

Hollands

Howells & Pennington

Hudson & Son

Hughes, James

Hughes, Joseph

J. G. West & Co

J. Morris and Sons Ltd

J. S. Watson (Gainsborough) Ltd, Joseph S.

Janet Taylor & Co

John Lilley & Son Ltd

John Salter

Jones, William

KOSMO, Korean and Scientific Models, Ltd

Kullberg, Victor

Labruno

Leeming, Edward

Linton Hope & Co

Ludbrook, Alan

Manufacture Royale

Melone, Giovanni V

Muntz Metal Co Ltd

Oosterwijck, Severijn

Parkinson & Frodsham

Peter, Basil Grenville

Plath, C.

Pool, Arthur J

Prosser, John

P W F

Ramsden, Jesse

Reinhold, Johann

Robert and Henry Molyneux

Robinson

Robinson, Thomas Charles

Ross, Andrew

Roux Guichard & Co

Salzer, Leonard

Scale Model International

Scan Globe

Senecal, Ephraim

Senecal, Jacques

Sewell, John

Sewill, J.

Sewill, Joseph

Shonibare, Yinka

Short, James

S Smith & Sons

T. Cooke and Sons Ltd

Taylor, Janet

Thomas Mercer Chronometers

Troughton & Simms

Unknown

Valk, Leonhard

Van Emden, A

W. Watson & Sons

Weston, James

Whitbread, G.

White, M.

Widenham

Wiggins, F, & Son

Wright, Thomas

Zeiss

Places

Amsterdam

Augsburg

Austria

Birmingham

Boston

Busan, Korea

Devonport

Dieppe

England

France

French Walls

Germany

Greenwich

Hamburg

Holborn

Japan

Lancaster, USA

Liverpool

London

Loughborough

Naples

Newcastle upon Tyne

New Eltham

Ningpo, China

North Shields

Pinner, Middlesex, UK

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

St. Albans, UK

Switzerland

United States of America

Unknown

York

Events

Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Austin, 1850-1851

Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880

Bombardment of Algiers, 1816

China's War against Pirates, 1862

Egypt War: Bombardment of Alexandria, 1882

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Camperdown, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798

French Revolutionary Wars: Defence of Acre, 1799

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

World War I, 1914-1918

World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916

World War I: Zeebrugge Raid, 1918

Vessels

Antelope (1846)

Armadale Castle (1903)

Assistance (1835)

Bombay (1861)

Briton (1897)

Condor (1876)

Cutty Sark (1869)

Dee (1841)

Great Britain

Hercule fl.1798 (French navy)

Nelson (1876)

Neptune 1909 (HMS)

Prince Royal (1610)

Ringdove 1856 (HMS)

Victoria and Albert (1855)

Vindictive (1897)

Exhibition

North-West Passage

Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution

Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude

The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire

The Moon

Time and Longitude

Voyagers

People

Austrian Infantry

Barlow, Christopher M.

Barlow, George Hilard

Barlow, George Ulric

Barlow, Henry

Barlow, Robert

Batten & Adams

Beresford, Charles William de la Poer

Blackwood, Capt

Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham

Chapman, John

Childers, William Henry

Collingwood, Cuthbert

Columbus, Christopher

Duncan, Adam

Ebbage, E. L.

Fawssett, A. C.

General Navy Staff

Greek Royal Family

Hardy, Pamela

Hardy, Thomas Masterman

Hardy, William

Harrison, John

Harrison, Paymaster Edward Newell

Hart Harden & Co

HM Admiralty

Hood, Alexander

Howe, Richard

Ibbotson, William, Temp Surgfl.

Imperial German Navy

Jervis, John

King Constantine II of Greece

King George V

L'Heritier, Louis

Linton Hope & Co

Lords of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Lowe, Edward

Manufacture Royale

Michel, Charles

Monk, George Mitford

National Maritime Museum

National Portrait Gallery, London

Nelson, Catherine

Nelson, Edmund

Nelson, Horatio

Ommaney, John

Pellew, Edward

Peter, Gill

Royal Danish Navy

Royal Greenwich Observatory

Royal Hellenic Navy Cadet

Sabellus, Jacob

Science Museum Group

Sea Containers Services Limited

Smith, William Sidney

Tizard, Thomas Henry

Troughton & Simms

Union-Castle Line

Watts, James Samuel

York-Moore, Thomas Philip

Century

16th

17th

18th

19th

20th

21st

unknown

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Token

Token box lid

Token

Token box base

Token

Dieppe magnetic azimuth dial

Ship's wheel handle

Magnetic azimuth dial, leaves Ib and IIa

Dieppe magnetic azimuth dial

Sword

Terrestrial table globe (Table globe)

Experiment of Leith(1788); Fighting vessel (Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set)

Fisherman's compass

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