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Accommodation model
Accommodation model; Crate with parts
aerospace transport: airship
Aperiodic compass - aircraft
armament accessory: carriage, gun
armament accessory: limber
armament t&e, artillery: gun, field
armament t&e, artillery: model, field gun(equipped: working)
Box base
building: shipyard
Case
compass stand
Crate with parts
Design, Sectional model
documentary artifact: model, topographic(scenic)
Field gun model
Flexible rope sponger/rammer
Gun model
Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass - aircraft; compass stand
Liquid compass - aircraft; sponge
Liquid compass - aircraft compass
Ordnance model
Ordnance model; Field gun model
Punkah louvre
Rammer for field gun
Reamer for field gun
Rope
Sectional model
Sectional model; Gun model
Sectional model; Gun model; Flexible rope sponger/rammer
Sectional model; Gun model; Sponger
sponge
Sponger
Survey chronometer case
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, aperiodic
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft observers: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, airship: compass, liquid
Topographic model
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, 3 masted
water transport: sailing vessel: topsail, 2 masted
water transport: sailing vessel: topsail, 3 masted
water transport accessory: louvre, punkah
water transport component: midship: gundeck, upper
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(cutaway: decked: equipped: side)
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alluminium
aluminium?
Bakelite / Phenol Formaldehyde (PF)
brass
brass?
canvas
card?
cardboard
coating: lacquer
coating: varnish
cork?
cotton
deteriorated sponge?
glass
inorganic: plastic
laminate
leather
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magnet
magnets
Melamine formaldehyde (MF)
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metal: brass
metal: steel
mica
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or
organic: hemp
organic: paper
organic: sponge
paint
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plaster
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Polyamide (PA)
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sand
sponge
sponge?
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white metal
wood
wood: mahogany
wood: pear
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Admiralty Compass Observatory
Air Ministry
Bennett, Dr. G. T.
Britten, Kenneth
Campbell, Colin
Cassell, A.
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Thermotank
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Wray, David C.
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Berkhamsted
Bexley
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London
Slough
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Vessels
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R 100 (1929)
Victory (1765)
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Alexander, George Hamilton
Britten, Kenneth
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Goss Shipyard, Calstock, Cornwall (circa 1905) (Topographic model)
Type O.1 (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Sectional model; Gun model; Flexible rope sponger/rammer
Sectional model; Gun model; Sponger
Type 6/18 Mark III (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Moth Type 5/2D (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Liquid compass - aircraft compass
Type P.2 (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Mark 3A (Liquid compass - aircraft compass)
Type 6/18 Mark III (Aperiodic compass - aircraft)
Liquid compass - aircraft
Type O.2 (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Helmi (1892); Merchant vessel; Cargo vessel; Three-masted barque (Accommodation model; Crate with parts)
Reamer for field gun
Box base
HMS Victory (1765); Warship; First rate 100 gun (Sectional model; Gun model)
Ordnance model; Field gun model
Liquid compass - aircraft; sponge
Liquid compass - aircraft; compass stand
Survey chronometer case
Liquid compass - aircraft
Type O.1 (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Punkah louvre
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