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Astronomical and navigational instruments
Astronomical and navigational instruments
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Astrolabes and quadrants
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Analemmatic dial
Armillary and polyhedral dial
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Armillary equinoctial dial
Armillary equinoctial pedestal dial
Astronomical compendium
Astronomical compendium dial
Astronomical compendium part
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Equinoctial dial box
Equinoctial dial lens
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Mechanical equinoctial dial
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personal symbol: coat of arms
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timekeeping t&e: dial
timekeeping t&e: dial(compass)
timekeeping t&e: dial(mechanical)
timekeeping t&e: dial(spherical)
timekeeping t&e: dial, astronomical compendium
timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed: dial, armillary
timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed: dial, armillary garden
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, analemmatic
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, astronomical
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, astronomical ring
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, Augsburg
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, Augsburg(Augsburg)
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, Augsburg ring
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, crescent
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, cruciform
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, diptych
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, equinoctial
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, horizontal
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, inclining
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, magnetic azimuth
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, mechanical equinoctial
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, ring
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, scaphe
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, string gnomon
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, synchronous
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial ring
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial ring(English universal)
timekeeping t&e: nocturnal
Universal equinoctial armillary dial
Universal equinoctial dial
Universal equinoctial dial and armillary trigonometer
Universal equinoctial ring dial
Universal equinoctial scaphe dial
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Dubois, Charles Adrien
Elmes, William
F., I.
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Ferrier, Antoine
Galli, I.
Gallucio, Joanne Paulo
George Philip & Son Ltd
Grassl, Lorenz
Guymard, P. I.
Hager, Wolfgang
Hauser, Mathias
Hayes, Walter
Heath, Thomas
Jean Nourry
Jones, John
Karner, Leonhard Andreas
Knittl, Franz Antoni
Knittl, Franz Jakob
Langlois, Claude
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Linnell, Joseph
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Lusuerg, Jacob
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Martin, Johann
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Vinch, Cornelio
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