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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
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Altazimuth instrument model
astronomical instrument: telescope, equatorial
astronomical t&e: altazimuth
astronomical t&e: altazimuth (Airy's)
astronomical t&e: telescope, refracting (Airy's 12.5in)
astronomical t&e: telescope component: eyepiece
astronomical t&e: telescope component: object glass(altazimuth instrument object glass)
Bust
bust, plaster
Chronograph sheet
Conical flange
Counter balance arm
Death mask
Dirk
documentary artifact: book
documentary artifact: model, altazimuth instrument
documentary artifact: model, telescope
documentary artifact: model, transit circle telescope
documentary artifact: photonegative
documentary artifact: print
Drive mounting
electrical & magnetic t&e: magnetograph, declination
electrical & magnetic t&e: magnetograph, horizontal force
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Freedom Box
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Governor and main driving wheel
Handwritten note
Impeller and housing
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mask, death
mask, death: Airy, G B
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personal symbol: coat of arms, City of London
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Sidereal drive
Slide rule
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snuffbox
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope, transit instrument
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope: transit circle (Airy's)
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope: transit circle, refracting
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telescope
timekeeper: clock, driving
timekeeping t&e: chronograph
timekeeping t&e: chronograph component: chronograph sheet
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Airy, Richarda
Allen, H. R.
Berge, Matthew
Brehmer
Carter, C F
Collier, John
Dallmeyer
Day & Son
Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd
Foley, John Henry
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Gibbon, S
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Janssen
Lynch, James Henry
M & N Hanhart
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Newton, Isaac
Nicoll
Ramsden, Jesse
Ransome, George
Ransomes & May
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Rinzi, Ernest
Rinzi, Ernesto
Slater, Isaac W
Strachan, Alexander James
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Airy, George Biddell
Airy Collection
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Francis Thurkle, Francis Thurkle
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General Steam Navigation Company
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Royal Greenwich Observatory
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Badge and Star: Order of the North Star, 2nd class (Order)
Sycamore walking stick (Walking stick)
Badge and Star: Order of the Bath, 2nd class (civil) (Order)
Royal Astronomical Society Gold medal (Prize medal)
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Rare folio)
Model telescope
Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-92) (Death mask)
Royal Society Copley Gold Medal (Prize medal)
Fredom casket (Freedom Box)
Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-92) (Bust)
Inkstand (Inkstand)
Print
Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892 (Painting)
Sidereal drive
Conical flange
Valve
Rule
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Chronograph sheet
Airy's Dip Instrument : Zenith Point Needle 2 (needle, dip circle)
Pocket telescope
Vase
Test plate for use of the Janssen photographic revolver (Photopositive)
Polygonal telescope
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