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Ship Plans and Technical Records - Admiralty Collections
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Barometer case and newspaper cutting
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Browning, John
Herschel, Alexander Stewart
Kingdom Yacht Launch and Engineering Works
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Swan, Joseph Wilson
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W. Ladd & Co
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Herschel, John Frederick William
Herschel, Margaret Louisa
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Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, Joseph Alfred
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Prisms and box (Cabinet contents)
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