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'Heavy Sea HMS Waterwitch'
35 mm
35 mm; Roll film negative
Artificial Glass Horizon
Artificial Glass Horizon box
Artificial Glass Horizon funnel
building: shipyard
building: shipyard: construction area
building: shipyard: foundry
building: shipyard: machine shop
building: shipyard: machine works, smithy
building: shipyard: mould loft
building: shipyard: powerhouse
building: shipyard: saw mill
building: shipyard: smithy
building: shipyard: stockyard
building: shipyard: transportation area
building: shipyard: warehouse
building: shipyard: woodstore
Bust
Cabinet contents
Case, Wood, Glass
cast: coin cast: token, penny, Glasshouse Hall, 1648-79(London)
ceremonial artifact: monument
Coin cast
commemorative artifact: glass
commemorative artifact: mug, beer
Cover for Mariner's compass
documentary artifact: photograph
documentary artifact: photonegative, film
documentary artifact: photonegative, glass
documentary artifact: ship plan: chain cable
Drawing
Fabric strap
food service t&e: glass
food service t&e: glass, water
food service t&e: mug, beer
food service t&e: tumbler, beer
Frame
furniture, ship's: glass holder
Glass
glass, log%
Glass, magnifying
Glass, Medicine
Glass, thread and wire
Glass and ivory picture
Glass beer mug
Glass beer tumbler
Glass bottle
Glass celestial globe with planetarium
Glass celestial globe with tellurium
Glass cover
Glass cover - aircraft compass
Glass cover for Mariner's compass
Glass cover for mariner's compass
Glass disc for the double compass
Glass dome
Glass Dome for Case
Glass flask
Glass for a frame
Glass fragment
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Glass lantern slide
Glass lid
Glass log
Glass mantle
Glass negatives
Glass p
Glass painting
Glass pane
Glass partition
Glass Photograph
Glass photonegative
Glass Plate
Glass plate and spacer
Glass plate negativ
Glass plate negative
Glass plate negative; Gun carriage model
Glass plate negativenegative
Glass prism
Glass shade
Glass slide
Glass slides in a box
glass straws
Glass thermometer
Glass tube
Gun carriage model
land transport: sledge
Lantern mantle
Lid for mariner's compass
Lint
Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass - aircraft; glass cover
Log glass
Mariner's compass
medical & psychological t&e: glass, medicine(fragment)
Miniature model
Negative
original art: bust
original art: painting
original art: painting, glass(9 panels in one frame)
original art: picture, glass & ivory
original art: plaque, scenic
Painted Glass Panels
painted tiles
photographic negative
Picture
Planetarium
Plano Concave Glass - aircraft compass
plaque
Prism - Alluminium Glass
Prism - Aluminium Glass
relic, ship: glass, molten
Rigged model
Roll film
Roll film negative
Sails set
Scenic model
Scenic model: Display case cover
Scenic plaque
scenic plaque
Serynge
Sheet film negative
Sheet film negativee
Sheet film negativelate negative
Slave clock
Stained Glass
Stained glass window
Standard measures box
Standard measures box; Glass lid
Standard measures box; Glass partition
Strap
surveying & navigational t&e: artificial horizon
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: glass, log
surveying & navigational t&e: plano concave glass
surveying & navigational t&e: verge glass
Syringe
Tape chronograph
Tape chronograph; Glass straws
Technical drawing
Token, penny, Glasshouse Hall, 1648-79
Verge Glass
Waterline model
Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails set; Miniature model; Scenic model: Display case cover
water transport
water transport: cargo vessel: liner, cargo
water transport: cargo vessel: schooner
water transport: cargo vessel: tanker, oil
water transport: exhibition model
water transport: exploration/research vessel (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured
water transport: fighting vessel: U Boat
water transport: fishing vessel
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: carrier
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: deck
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: liner
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: mail steamer
water transport: passenger vessel: bridge
water transport: passenger vessel: deck
water transport: passenger vessel: deck, boat
water transport: passenger vessel: deck, bridge
water transport: passenger vessel: deck, port
water transport: passenger vessel: deck, promenade
water transport: passenger vessel: deck, promenade 1st and 2nd class
water transport: passenger vessel: deck, promenade 1st class
water transport: passenger vessel: deck, promenade 3rd class
water transport: passenger vessel: excursion vessel
water transport: passenger vessel: ferry
water transport: passenger vessel: galley
water transport: passenger vessel: galley, 1st class
water transport: passenger vessel: galley, 2nd class
water transport: passenger vessel: liner
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: ketch
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner, topsail
water transport: service vessel
water transport: service vessel: tug
water transport: service vessel: tug, excursion
water transport: training vessel
water transport accessory: glass, pane of
water transport accessory: periscope component: prism, glass(2)
water transport component: interior, vessel: bathroom
water transport component: interior, vessel: cabin
water transport component: interior, vessel: cabin, 1st class
water transport component: interior, vessel: cabin, 1st class stateroom
water transport component: interior, vessel: cabin, 2nd class
water transport component: interior, vessel: cabin, 3rd class
water transport component: interior, vessel: cabin, crew
water transport component: interior, vessel: communications room
water transport component: interior, vessel: companionway
water transport component: interior, vessel: companionway, foot
water transport component: interior, vessel: companionway, head
water transport component: interior, vessel: companionway, head/foot
water transport component: interior, vessel: dispensary
water transport component: interior, vessel: engine room
water transport component: interior, vessel: generator room
water transport component: interior, vessel: gymnasium
water transport component: interior, vessel: hairdressers
water transport component: interior, vessel: hairdressers, mens
water transport component: interior, vessel: hold
water transport component: interior, vessel: hold, refrigerated
water transport component: interior, vessel: laundry
water transport component: interior, vessel: lavatory
water transport component: interior, vessel: library
water transport component: interior, vessel: library, 1st class
water transport component: interior, vessel: lift, goods
water transport component: interior, vessel: lift, passenger
water transport component: interior, vessel: music room
water transport component: interior, vessel: music room, 1st class
water transport component: interior, vessel: nursery
water transport component: interior, vessel: passageway
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, 1st class
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, 2nd class
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, 3rd class
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, dining
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, dining 1st class
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, dining 2nd class
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, dining 3rd class
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, drawing
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, drawing 1st class
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, drawing 2nd class
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, smoking
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, smoking 1st class
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, smoking 2nd class
water transport component: interior, vessel: saloon, smoking 3rd class
water transport component: interior, vessel: shop
water transport component: interior, vessel: surgery
water transport component: interior, vessel: swimming pool
water transport component: interior, vessel: vestibule
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cloves oil
cork
crocus seed wine
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inorganic: plaster, ?
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metal: copper-gilt, ?
olive oil
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paper
perchloride of mercury
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pulvered ginger root
Pulvered Jalap root (Mexican morning glory)
Pulvered root of Convolvulus Scammonia
pulvered root of Ipecacuanha
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silver halide: gelatine
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textile
tincture of opiated camphor
tincture of pulvered ipecac
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wood: mahogany
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Adams, Edgar Tarry
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Bedford Lemere & Co
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Brockhurst, A.
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Collins Radio Co
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London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company
National Maritime Museum
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Photowork Ltd
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Royal Aircraft Factory
Short, F.G.
Shortt, William Hamilton
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possibly Holsteinsbourg (now Sisimiut)
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Tilbury, Essex, England
Tilbury?
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Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Inglefield, 1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Ross, 1848-1849
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
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Aberdeen (1881)
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Achilles (1905)
Aconcagua (1872)
Actaeon (1838)
Active (1869)
Adriatic (1906)
Agamemnon (1855)
Agincourt (1865)
Agincourt (1913)
Akaroa (1881)
Alarm (1898)
Albacore (1883)
Albion (1898)
Alexander Duthie (1867)
Alexander Yeats (1876)
Alexandra (1863)
Alexandra (1897)
Alexandrina (1864)
Almirante Brown (1880)
Almora (1873)
Alumbagh (1863)
Amber (1888)
Ambrose (1869)
Amphitrite (1898)
Amra (1938)
Andola (1886)
Angamos (1890)
Anglesey (1852)
Anglia (1866)
Antenor (1872)
Aorangi (1883)
Aotea (1895)
Aquitania (1914)
Arabia (1898)
Arawa (1884)
Arawa (1907)
Arcadia (1888)
Arcadia (1895)
Ardeer (1895)
Ardoe (1880)
Arethusa (1849)
Arrow (1897)
Asia (1850)
Assam (1873)
Assaye (1899)
Assyrian Monarch (1880)
Astronom (1863)
Atalanta (1864)
Athenic (1901)
Athlete (1893)
Atlantic (1884)
Atlas (1853)
Austral (1881)
Australasian (1857)
Australasian (1884)
Australia (1870)
Australia (1882)
Australia (1892)
Avalanche (1874)
Avoca (1891)
Ayrshire (1903)
B.2138 (Fl. 1897)
B.2957 (Fl. 1897)
Ballaarat (1882)
Balmoral Castle (1910)
Bantam Cock (1882)
Bayley (1886)
Belos (1885)
Bengal (1885)
Benlarig (1904)
Ben Nevis (1876)
Benvenue (1867)
Benwick (1889)
Black Prince (1904)
Blakemoor (1901)
Blazer (1888)
Blonde (1910)
Blue Jacket (1883)
Boadicea (1898)
Borneo (1895)
Bornu (1899)
Borodino (1911)
Boy Ernie (1905)
Braemar Castle (1898)
Brazilian (1869)
Britannia (1885)
Britannia (1887)
British Coast (1934)
British Judge (1959)
British King (1881)
British Queen (1959)
Briton (Fl. 1898)
Bulimba (1882)
Buluwayo (1895)
Busby (1894)
Buzzard (1887)
CAL.100 (Fl. 1899)
Calabria (1857)
Calais (1896)
Calais Pilot Cutter No. 2 (Fl. 1900)
Calcutta (1852)
Caledonia (1894)
Calliope (1884)
Cambria (1870)
Cambria (1905)
Cambrian (1896)
Camperdown (1875)
Canada (1880)
Cap Ortegal (1903)
Carisbrook Castle (1898)
Carlisle Castle (1868)
Carlotta (1893)
Carmela (1903)
Caroline (1882)
Carthage (1881)
Castalia (1874)
Castleford (1883)
Catalonia (1881)
Catania (1895)
Cathay (1872)
Catherine (1903)
Cato (1849)
Celtic (1901)
Centaur (1899)
Ceylon (1858)
Ceylon (1894)
Challenge (1884)
Champion (1861)
Champion (1892)
Charles Dibdin (1905)
Charlotte (1863)
Cheops (1870)
Chimborazo (1871)
Christian IX (1874)
Chusan (1884)
Chyebassa (1874)
Circe (1892)
City of Benares (1882)
City of Cardiff (1906)
City of Corinth (1898)
City of Manchester (1903)
City of Perth (1890)
City of York (1904)
Ciudad de Buenos Aires (1914)
Civil Service No. 4 (1896)
Clan Macindoe (1959)
Clan Mackenzie (1882)
Cleopatra (1877)
Clyde (1881)
Collingwood (1872)
Columbia (1884)
Commonwealth (1902)
Condor (1901)
Conqueror (1897)
Contest (1883)
Coptic (1881)
Corinthic (1902)
Cornwall (1815)
Cornwallis (1901)
Coromandel (1885)
Cragoswald (1899)
Craigrownie (1870)
Cromdale (1891)
Cuzco (1871)
Dacca (1881)
Dagmar (1861)
Damascus (1887)
Deal Galley Punt
Deal Missions to Seamen lugger
Delphic (1897)
Delta (1905)
Derby (1960)
Deutschland (1900)
Dolgwandle (1891)
Dominion 1903 (HMS)
Dorcas (1898)
Doria (1909)
Doric (1883)
Dorunda (1875)
Dorunda (1890)
Dover Castle (1904)
Duke of Argyll (1873)
Duke of Sutherland (1873)
Duke of Westminster (1882)
Duncan (1957)
Dunera (1892)
Dunfillan (1868)
Dunottar Castle (1890)
Dunvegan Castle (1896)
Eagle (1884)
Earl of Essex (1877)
Edinburgh (1855)
Edith (1904)
Edward VII (1901)
Egypt (1897)
Elk (1847)
Emma Ernest (1876)
Empress of Asia (1913)
Empress of Ireland (1906)
Endurance (1912)
Essequibo (1914)
Essex (1862)
Europe (1891)
European (1896)
Evangeline (1900)
Expert (1892)
F. E. Webb (1891)
Falcon (1892)
Fernglen (1874)
Fleswick (1899)
Floating Dock for Callao
Florida (1902)
Flying Drake (1957)
Flying Duck (1956)
Flying Serpent 1911
Formosa (1892)
Friend to All Nations (Fl. 1902)
Galeka (1899)
Game Cock (1883)
Ganges (1881)
Garonne (1871)
Gascon (1897)
Geelong (1904)
Genesta (1903)
George Peabody (1867)
Giralda (1897)
G Koch (1888)
Glenbervie (1866)
Glenfruin (1880)
Gloria (1898)
Gnat (1888)
Golconda (1887)
Gothic (1893)
Granite State (1877)
Grantully Castle (1879)
Grecian Monarch (1882)
Guildford Castle (1911)
Gull Light Vessel
Gunvor (1895)
Halcyon (1887)
Halifax City (1894)
Hampshire (1870)
Hankow (1873)
Hannibal (1896)
Hardy (1953)
Haughty Belle (1896)
Hercules (1910)
Hermes (1953)
Herzogin Sophie Charlotte (1894)
Hibernia (1861)
Hibernia (1884)
Hibernia 1905 (HMS)
Highflyer (1861)
Highland Loch (1911)
Highland Piper (1911)
Himalaya (1892)
Hindostan (1841)
Horsa (1860)
Iberia (1873)
Imperial (1902)
Indarra (1912)
India (1881)
India (1896)
Indus (1871)
Industry (1870)
Ionic (1883)
Ionic (1902)
Irresistible (1898)
Isabel Adams (Fl. 1890)
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The Song Bridge at Inscribed Rock, Kowloon (Glass plate negative)
Old woman with firewood, Lin Tin (Glass plate negative)
A Chinese grave, near Hong Kong. (Glass plate negative)
Junks and sampans near the French Concession, Shanghai (Glass plate negative)
'On the rifle range, Kowloon, 9 January 1901' (Glass plate negative)
Village Lin Tin (Glass plate negative)
Chinese Women carrying earth (Glass plate negative)
A three-masted 'man of war' Junk near Shanghai. (Glass plate negative)
'Emptying a pond Kowloon, 6 February 1901' (Glass plate negative)
The German battleship Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm (1891) at anchor. (Glass plate negative)
The quarterdeck of HMS Waterwitch (1892) (Glass plate negative)
'Queen Victoria's Statue, Hong Kong, 6 February 1901' (Glass plate negative)
A Lorcha at anchor off Shanghai. (Glass plate negative)
Woodcutters, Lin Tin, China (Glass plate negative)
'Dinner hour on the rifle range, Kowloon, 9 January 1901' (Glass plate negative)
Two women rowing a double ended sampan, Shanghai (Glass plate negative)
The Peak at Hong Kong. (Glass plate negative)
'Raising Dredger, Hong Kong January 1901' (Glass plate negative)
A young Chinese girl by a well, Lin Tin, Canton River. (Glass plate negative)
A Ningpo passenger junk under sail at Woosung (Glass plate negative)
Surrendered German Submarines moored by HMS Fisgard. (Glass plate negative)
'Fisher's hut and net at Chek Wan (Glass plate negative)
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