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meteorological t&e: barometer
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid(height indicator)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, cistern(domestic)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, cistern(marine)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, stick(marine barometer, cistern)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, stick(marine barometer, syphon)
meteorological t&e: tripod, barometer(tripod only. marine type)
Sympiesometer
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Timing weights
Tripod barometer
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, brig (HMS)
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boxwood
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Adie, Alexander James
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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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Bengloe (1961)
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Hamadryad 1804
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Cockburn, George
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Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh
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Barometer tube
Board of Trade standard barometer (Barometer)
Precision aneroid barometer Type M1991 (Barometer)
Barometer tripod
Aneroid barometer (Barometer)
Aneroid barometer (Barometer)
Cistern barometer, made from wood of the 'Temeraire' (Barometer)
Sympiesometer (Barometer)
Barometer, marine (Barometer)
Kew pattern marine barometer (Barometer)
Barometer tube
Barometer box fragment
Barometer case and newspaper cutting (Cabinet contents)
Thermometer
2222 (Barometer)
Meteorological Office standard barometer (Barometer)
Barometer
Barometer tube
Royal Observatory Standard Barometer 1840-1950 (Barometer)
Barometer tube
Marine barometer (Barometer)
Stick barometer (Barometer)
Stick barometer (Barometer)
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