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Astronomical and navigational instruments
Astronomical and navigational instruments
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Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
Charting instruments
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Barrel slide rule
Barrel slide rule box
Barrel slide rule brass holder
Base of case for slide rule
box
Cabinet contents
Case for slide rule
Chart Rule
Chart rule
Cylindrical slide rule
data processing t&e: computing instrument: rule, slide
data processing t&e: computing instrument: rule, slide(Everards)
data processing t&e: rule, cylindrical slide
data processing t&e: rule, measuring
data processing t&e: rule, speed time distance slide
ddata processing t&e: computing instrument: rule, slide
drafting t&e: rule
drafting t&e: rule, folding
drafting t&e: rule, measuring
drafting t&e: rule, parallel
drafting t&e: rule, parallel(with combined protractor)
Engine indicator scale rulers
Ferrule
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Gunner's folding rule
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Gunter rule
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Lid for the slide rule case
Load lines rules zones
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Navigational Instrument
Parallel rule
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Parallel rule instruction booklet
Parallel rule manufacturer note
Parallel rule tacks
Plane-table rule
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Pocket bubble sextant ruler
Postal rule
Protractor rule
Rangefinder ruler
Rolling parallel rule
rule
Rule
rule, plane-table
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rule, timber
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ruler, draughtsman's
Scale rule
shipbuilding t&e: rule, shipwright's
Shipwright's rule
Slide rule
Slide rule - sliding Gunter rule
Slide rule box
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Slide rule case
Slide rule case base
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Slide rule lid
Star plotter altitude ruler
Star plotter altitude ruler pointer
surveying & navigational t&e: rule, plane table
surveying & navigational t&e: scales, gunter's
surveying & navigational t&e: scales, gunter's: chart rule
timekeeping t&e: calendar, perpetual
timekeeping t&e: dial(ruler)
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine (HMS)
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
weights & measures t&e: rule(shipwrights)
weights & measures t&e: rule, gunner's folding
weights & measures t&e: rule, timber(shipwrights)
weights & measures t&e: ruler
woodworking t&e: rule, carpenter's: rule, folding
written communication t&e: ruler
written communication t&e: ruler, postal
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Display - Atlantic Gallery
Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
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A. G. Thornton Ltd
Adams, George
Arnold, Thomas
Bate, Robert
Bate, Robert Brettell
Berge, Matthew
Bion, Nicolas
Blundell Rules Ltd
Canivet
Carbic Limited
Cary
Cooke, Troughton & Simms
Coombes
Corson, Robert
Crichton
Dennert & Pape
Dring & Fage
Elliott Bros
Engleheart, John Cox Dillman
G. Felsenthal & Sons
Gordon, A. M.
Harling, W H
Harling, W H, Ltd
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Jones, Thomas
Kitchin, F A L
Lee, George, & Son
Nairne & Blunt
Potter, John Dennett
Sariant, Thomas
Schiavetti-Bellieni
S I P
Sisson, Jonathan
Troughton & Simms
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W. F. Stanley & Co Ltd
Watkins & Smith
Weems & Plath Ltd
Worbe, T G
Worthington, Nathaniel
Young, David
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Brest, France
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West Hampton, USA
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Great Storm, 1703
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916
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Bengloe (1961)
Fox (1855)
Lady of St Kilda fl.1837
Lion (1910)
M2 (1919)
Royal George (1756)
Stirling Castle 1679
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North-West Passage
Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Acland, Thomas Dyke
Airy, George Biddell
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Fuller, George
Home, Milne
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Kitchin, F A L (Naval Instructor)
Royal Greenwich Observatory
South Kensington Museum
Strutt, Honourable Arthur Charles
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Barrel slide rule brass holder
Rolling parallel rule
Fuller Spiral slide rule (Barrel slide rule)
Slide rule
Barrel slide rule
Scale rule
Otis King's Pocket Calculator (Barrel slide rule)
Barrel slide rule box
ruler, draughtsman's
ruler, draughtsman's
Gunner's folding rule part
Lid for the slide rule case
Instructions for the slide rule
Metal position slide rule (Slide rule)
Parallel rule
Measuring rule
Parallel rule
Gunner's folding rule part
Slide rule case base
The Mountbatten Ruler (Patent Applied For) For Chart Work, etc. (Parallel rule instruction booklet)
Slide rule case lid
Parallel rule
Parallel rule manufacturer note
Parallel rule box
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