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Fixed compass dial
Fixed dial
Lens
meteorological t&e: recorder, sunshine
meteorological t&e: sunshine recorder
meteorological t&e: sunshine recorder component: bowl
meteorological t&e: sunshine recorder component: lens
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order, Japanese: Rising Sun, 3rd Class
orrery base
Pocket dial
Polaris - Sun Compass
Polaris - Sun Compass box lid
Polaris - Sun Compass clinometer
Polaris - Sun Compass clinometer?
Polaris - Sun Compass part
Polaris - Sun Compass shadow vane?
Polaris - Sun Compass tool
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Sun compass
Sun Compass
Sun compass - aircraft
Sun compass adjusting tool
Sun compass box
Sun compass box base
Sun compass box lid
Sun compass gnomen
Sun Compass needle
Sun compass part
Sun compass shade
Sun compass shadow pointer
Sun compass time part
Sun compass time plate
Sundial
Sundial model
Sundial model booklet
Sundial model diecut sheet, plate 4
Sunshine recorder
Sunshine recorder bowl
Sunshine recorder lens
Sunshine recorder record card
Sun with supporting rod
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, sun
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, sun(micklethwaite distant reading)
surveying & navigational t&e: polaris(sun compass)
timekeeping t&e: dial
timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed
timekeeping t&e: dial, pocket
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Abrams Instrument Co
Campbell, J. F.
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Frasi, F.
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Oliver, Augustus Charles
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Sundial model diecut sheet, plate 4 (Sundial model diecut sheet, plate 4)
Sundial model (Sundial model)
Sun compass
Sunshine recorder
Mark II sun compass (Sun compass gnomen)
Mark II sun compass (Sun compass gnomen)
Mark II sun compass (Sun compass gnomen)
Sun compass shade
Mark II sun compass (Sun compass box base)
Mark II sun compass (Sun compass gnomen)
Mark II sun compass (Sun compass gnomen)
Mark II sun compass (Sun compass gnomen)
Sun compass adjusting tool
Mark II sun compass (Sun compass gnomen)
Sundial
Sundial
Polaris - Sun Compass clinometer?
Polaris - Sun Compass tool
Polaris - Sun Compass shadow vane?
Polaris - Sun Compass box lid
Sun compass
Polaris - Sun Compass
Sunshine recorder record card
Howard Mk II (Sun compass time plate)
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