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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
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armament, ethnographic: bow
armament t&e, firearm: blunderbuss
Arm badge
Astrolabe
astronomical t&e: astrolabe(Persian)
Augsburg dial
Block model
Blunderbuss
Bow
Box
Builder's, Full hull model
Butterfield dial
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cast: medal cast: commemorative medal
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chronometer, marine
clothing, headwear: uniform, Waterman's
clothing, headwear: uniform: cap
clothing, outerwear: uniform: coat & badge, Doggett's
Counter
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Design, Block model
documentary artifact: globe, celestial
documentary artifact: globe, celestial: globe, hand
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
documentary artifact: ship plan: carriage, gun(32pdr)
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines & profile
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: propeller, windmill
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, aft
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, midship
Doggett's coat
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Floor globe
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full hull model
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Full hull model; Frame model
Full hull model; Frame model; Timbers
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Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Frame model; Rigged model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull model Block model
Georgian, Full hull model
Honour's Board
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personal gear: pipe
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Portrait of Thomas Weston
presentation artifact: sporting trophy: badge, arm
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surveying & navigational t&e: sundial & compass, pocket
Table globe
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timekeeper: chronometer, marine(2 day)
timekeeping t&e: dial
timekeeping t&e: dial(compass)
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, astronomical ring
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, Augsburg(Augsburg)
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, Butterfield
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, horizontal
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial ring
Universal equinoctial ring dial
Watch
water transport: cargo/passenger vessel
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman (Dutch)
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 6th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 20 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 24 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 44 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 50 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 50 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 50-54 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 60 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 64 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 70 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 74 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 80 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 90 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 90-100 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 120 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured (Japanese)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 14 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 16 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, brig
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine (HMS)
water transport: model, design: block model
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(equipped)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, vessel: skeleton model
water transport: model, vessel: skeleton model(decked)
water transport: model, vessel: skeleton model(decked: equipped)
water transport: passenger vessel: liner
water transport: recreation vessel: skiff, racing (Thames)
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: cutter
water transport: sailing vessel: ship
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, 2 masted
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, 3 masted
water transport: service vessel: tender, cutter
water transport: steam vessel: screw, single
water transport: unknown function: ship (Netherlands)
water transport accessory: badge, ship's
woodworking t&e: knife, canoe
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brown wash
card
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cellulose nitrate
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ivory (CITES)
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organic: wool
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Acworth, Jacob
al-A'imma, 'Abd
Allin, Joshua
Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Avesta Mint
Barraud and Lund
Baston, Thomas
Bion, Nicolas
Bouwmeester, Cornelis
British School, 18th century
Butterfield, Michael
Cammell Laird & Co
Campbell, Colen
Canal, Antonio Giovanni
Carter, W. G.
Chereau, Francois
Claude Delure
Cole, Benjamin
Cole, I.
Cole, John
Collins, James
Cook, Henry R.
Cooke, Edward William
D'Agar, Charles
d'Eyncourt, Eustace Henry William Tennyson
Dahl, Michael
Dance, Nathaniel
Dickinson & Watson
Dickinson, William
Director of Naval Construction
Elliott, William
English School, 17th century
Faber, Johan
Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd
Fraser, John
Gandy, William
Gibson, Thomas
Griffier, Jan
Harland & Wolff Ltd
Heins, attributed to Dirck
Henry Graves & Co
HM Admiralty
Hoffman, Johann
Hogarth, William
Howells & Pennington
Hulsbergh, Hendrik
Hunter, Robert
Jacobus Houbraken, Jacobus
Josey, R.
Kettle, Tilly
Kirkall, Elisha
Knapton, George
Kneller, Godfrey
Largilliere, Nicolas de
Lode, G
Marine Photo Service
Massiot, Gamaliel
Maule, John
Ministry of Defence
Moll, Herman
Mooy, H.
Moroncelli, Amanzio
Mulier, Pieter
Murray, Thomas
Nazari, after Bartolomeo
Nazari, Bartolomeo
Newton, James
Pennington, Pendleton and Others
Pennington, Robert
Peter, Basil Grenville
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Pothoven, Hendrik
Price, Charles
Reed, Edward James
Reily, Charles
Reynolds, Joshua
Richard Howard, Richard
Robinson, Robert Spencer
Rowley, John
S
Sibley, J.
Sibley, John
Siries, Violante Beatrice
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Smith, John
Spencer, Gervase
Storer, George
Swaine, Francis
Thomas Mudge & William Dutton
Thornhill, James
Unknown
Valk, Gerard
Valk, Leonard
Vandergucht, D.
Velde, style of Willem van de
Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Vlieger, Simon de
Waldtreich
Willdey, George
Witham, Nathaniel
Woodcock, Robert
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England
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Charles XII landing at Ystad, 1715
Doggett's Race
Great Northern War: Battle of Rügen 1715
Great Northern War: Capture of Stralsund, 1715
Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Texel, 1673
War of the Spanish Succession: Peace of Utrecht, 1713
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Alliance (1945)
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Britannia (1682)
Britannia (1719)
Britannic (1874)
Caledon (1916)
Calypso (1917)
Caradoc (1916)
Carnatic (1783)
Cassandra (1916)
Centaur (1746)
Centaur (1947)
Cleveland 1671
Cruizer (1732)
Culloden (1747)
Cumberland (1739)
Dandy fl.1825
Devonshire (1745)
Dragon (1711)
Edgar (1779)
Falcon (1744)
Falcon (1745)
Forest Hill (1943)
Goliath (1781)
Grampus (1746)
H.M.S. Lizard (1911)
Hastings (1741)
Hornet (1745)
Hound (1745)
Humber (1726)
Iberia (1954)
Kenwood 1910
Kingsale (1741)
Kingston (1719)
Kurama 1907
Lancaster (1749)
Leopard class frigate group record
Marlborough (1732)
Melita (1918)
Nelson (1925)
Newark (1747)
Ormond (1711) [Alternative spelling: Ormonde]
Peregrine
Prince Frederick (1714)
Prince Royal (1610)
Princess Amelia 1728
Princess Royal 1728
Raven (1745)
Revenge (1718)
Rodney (1925)
Royal Albert 1854
Royal George (1715)
Royal George 1715 [British navy]
Royal George? 1715 [British navy]
Royal Prince 1610
Royal William (1719)
Salisbury class frigate group record
Sandwich (1715)
Scarab (1915)
Scorpion (1746)
Seahorse (1748)
Southampton 1757
Swan (1745)
Tavistock (1745)
Torrington (1742)
Vanguard (1748)
Vanguard (1787)
Victory (1737)
Zeven Provincien 1723
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Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Time and Longitude
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Unseen: The Lives of Looking by Dryden Goodwin
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Acworth, Jacob
Aylmer, Matthew
Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de
Brabazon, Lambert
Butler, James
Butterfield, Michael
Byng, The Honourable John
Captain John Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercom
Churchill, John
Co, Hudson Bay
Cole, B.
Cole, Henry
Columbus, Christopher
d'Eyncourt, Eustace Henry William Tennyson
Dampier, William
Danish Fleet
Dashwood, Francis
Duff, Robert
Edward Allin, Edward
Edwards, Richard
English Fleet
Gabel, Christian Carl Fredriksen
Graham, Lord George
Haddock, Nicholas
Hadley, John
Halley, Edmond
Hamilton, Gustavus
Harland, Robert
Hassan, Pacha
Hayes, Henry
Hemmington, James
Hewer, William
Hughes, Edward
Hulbert, Maurice
Hunt, Edward
King Charles XII of Sweden
King George I
King George II
King George III
King George IV
King Louis XIV of France
Largilliere, Nicolas de
Locker, William
Magellan, Ferdinand
Montagu, John
Morris, James
Mudge, Thomas
Naish, John
Nelson, Horatio
Norris, John
Norris, Mrs
Nuyts, Peter
Osbaldeston, Robert
Peter, Gill
Prince Frederick of Wales
Reed, Edward James
Robinson, Robert Spencer
Russell, Edward
Schryver, Cornelis
Scott-Duff, A. A.
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Suckling, Captfl
Swaine, Francis
Swedish fleet
Triplow, Ellen Hannah
Vertue, George
Wager, Charles
Williams, John
Witt, Gerrit Frederiksz de
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Royal George (
1715
) (Technical drawing)
Medal commemorating the capture of Stralsund,
1715
(Medal)
Medal commemorating the capture of Stralsund,
1715
(Medal)
Marlborough (1732); Sandwich (
1715
) (Technical drawing)
Ormond (1711) [later Dragon (
1715
)] (Technical drawing)
Medal commemorating the success of the Allies against Sweden,
1715
(Medal)
Louis XIV, King of France (1638-
1715
) (Print)
Warship (
1715
); Sixth rate; Sloop; 20 guns (Full hull model; Block model)
Warship (
1715
); Forth rate; 50 guns (Full hull model; Plank-on-frame)
Warship (
1715
-19); First rate; 100 guns (Full hull model; Rigged model)
Medal commemorating the escape of Charles XII from Stralsund,
1715
(Medal)
Warship (
1715
-17); Fourth rate; 50 guns (Full hull model; Frame model)
Sheet of studies of various sailing vessels, annotated 1713, 1714,
1715
(Drawing)
Built
1715
by Colin Campbell under Sir Richard Child (Drawing)
Anno
1715
(Print)
Admiral Sir Robert Harland, circa
1715
-1784 (Painting)
William Hewer, 1642-
1715
(Painting)
Robert Osboldston, d.
1715
(Painting)
Bi-centenary pipe (Pipe)
Medal cast
Counter commemorating the Peace of Utrecht, 1713 (Counter)
Full hull model; Frame model; Timbers
Horary quadrant with Gunter projection
Grampus (1746) (Technical drawing)
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