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Astronomical and navigational instruments
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
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compass scribe
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dividers
drafting t&e: dividers
drafting t&e: dividers(set of 2)
drafting t&e: dividers(set of two)
drafting t&e: dividers(shipwrights)
drafting t&e: dividers(spring compasses)
drafting t&e: dividers, bow
drafting t&e: dividers, globe
drafting t&e: dividers, proportional
drafting t&e: dividers, single handed
drafting t&e: dividers, single handed proportional
Drawer divider
electrical & magnetic t&e: magnetic force equipment: electrical potential divider
Electrical potential divider
extension piece (for compass/dividers)
Globe dividers
Gunnery instrument - dividers
lead holder (for compass)
lead holder (for compass/dividers)
Pair of dividers
pencil arm (for compass/dividers)
Proportional dividers
Proportional dividers case base
Radial divider
Ship's badge
Signal code box divider
Signal code divider
Single handed dividers
Single handed proportional dividers
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: dividers
surveying & navigational t&e: dividers, calculating(computor universal dividers)
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: sailing vessel ?
water transport accessory: badge, boat
water transport accessory: badge, ship's
weights & measures t&e: dividers(cooper's)
Wooden divider for surveying instrument
woodworking t&e: dividers(shipwrights)
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Adams, George
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Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
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Alert (1856)
Batavia (1629)
Beaufort (1919)
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Hood, Chief E. R. A. Ralph
Martinelli, A. S.
Parr, Alfred Arthur Chase
Watts, Philip
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Official boat badge of HMS Beaufort (Boat badge)
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