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Bearing
Blocks & Wedges
Chiv blade wedge
Component model
Component model; Mast model
documentary artifact: ship plan: blocks & wedges
Downright wedge
Equipment model
Flincher blade wedge
Keel block model
Keelblocks and wedges
Launching wedge model
Mast model
mechanical t&e: block, keel
mechanical t&e: launching wedge
mechanical t&e: launching wedge (self freeing)
mechanical t&e: model, keel block
mechanical t&e: model, launching wedge
metal wedge
Packing wedge
Paddle gear
Paddle gear model
plane wedge
relic: wedge
shipbuilding t&e: wedge(rigger's)
Ship equipment
Ship equipment; Bearing; Paddle gear
Ship equipment model
Ship equipment modelMast model
Slipway model
Structural model
Structural model; Keelblocks and wedges
Swift blade wedge
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate
water transport: service vessel: tug (HMS)
water transport: steam vessel: paddle-wheel
water transport component: model, paddle gear
water transport component: model, topmast
water transport component: paddle gear: bush and wedge
water transport component: topmast, heel (double wedge fid)
wedge
Wedge
wedge, plane
wooden wedge
woodworking t&e: wedge(shipwrights)
woodworking t&e: wedge, plane(shipwrights)
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cardboard
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cotton
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metal: brass
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metal: tin
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wood: lignum vitae
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Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
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Energetic 1902
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Read, Mr
South Kensington Museum
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