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Accommodation model
Base for boiler
Base for steam engine
Base forsteam engine
boiler
Boiler model
Boiler Model
Boiler model; Sectional model
Boiler plate
Boiler tube model
Dockyard truck model
documentary artifact: ship plan: boiler
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(Y turret, boiler room, engine room, forward magazine)
Drawing
Equipment model
Equipment model; Boiler model
Equipment model; Boiler tube model
Equipment model; Dockyard truck model
expander, boiler tube
Instructional, Sectional model
iron, caulking
land transport: model, truck
land transport: truck, land (method for transporting boilers)
metalworking t&e: expander, boiler tube(shipwrights)
metalworking t&e: iron, caulking(boiler maker's)
Midship model
Sectional model
Sectional model; Boiler Model
Sectional model; Midship model; Base for steam engine
Sectional modelInstructional, Sectional model
Ship equipment model
Ship equipment modelBoiler tube model
Ship equipment modelTruck model
Technical drawing
test kit, boiler water
Truck model
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: launch (52ft)
water transport: steam vessel: launch, 52ft
water transport: steam vessel: paddle-wheel vessel (Nile)
water transport accessory: boiler, water tube
water transport accessory: model, boiler
water transport accessory: plate, boiler
water transport accessory: test kit, boiler water
water transport component: boiler, firetube box
water transport component: boiler tube (plan for repair)
water transport component: midship: boiler room
water transport component: model, boiler tube
water transport component: model, instructional: sectional model(cutaway)
water transport component: model, instructional: sectional model(equipped)
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black ink
coating: paint
coating: varnish
iron
linen
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metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: iron
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Clark, E
Johns, A W
Unknown
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Action at Wadi Habashi, 1885
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Aurora (1936)
Hermann fl.1848 (American)
King George V (1911)
Safieh (fl.1885)
Washington (1847)
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Benbow, Henry
Beresford, Charles William de la Poer
Clark, Edward
Foster, William
HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert
South Kensington Museum
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iron, caulking
Equipment model; Boiler tube model
Boilers for Hermann (1847) and Washington (1847) (Technical drawing)
Sectional model; Boiler Model
Boiler model; Sectional model
Equipment model; Dockyard truck model
Foster-White Water tube boiler (Equipment model; Boiler model)
Boiler plate
test kit, boiler water
expander, boiler tube
iron, caulking
Technical drawing
boiler
Sectional model; Midship model; Base for steam engine
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