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Astronomical and navigational instruments
Astronomical and navigational instruments
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Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
Charting instruments
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Course, speed and distance indicators
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Globes and globe gores
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Analemmatic dial
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Armillary equinoctial pedestal 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, cruciform
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, diptych
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, equinoctial
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, 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)
Universal equinoctial armillary dial
Universal equinoctial dial
Universal equinoctial ring dial
Universal equinoctial scaphe dial
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bell metal
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ivory
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Adams, George
Allen, Elias
Armand, Jacques Etienne
Baradelle, Nicolas-Eloi
Bate, Robert Brettell
Bedford, Hilkiah
Bert, Paul
Bion, Nicolas
Butterfield, Michael
Cole, Humfrey
Culpeper, Edmund
Danielis, Bernardi
Deane, William
Delure, Jean Baptiste Nicolas
Dollond & Aitchison
Dubois, Charles Adrien
Elmes, William
F., I.
Ferrier, Antoine
Galli, I.
Gallucio, Joanne Paulo
George Philip & Son Ltd
Grassl, Lorenz
Guymard, P. I.
Hager, Wolfgang
Hauser, Mathias
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Heath, Thomas
Jones, John
Karner, Leonhard Andreas
Langlois, Claude
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Lordelle
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Polanski, Bernard
Poppel, M. F.
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Rugendas, Nikolaus
Sarton, Hubert
Schissler, Senior, Christoph
Schrettegger, Johann Nepomuk
Sinclair, Jas
Steward, J. H.
Sutton, Henry
Tuttell, Thomas
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Vogler, Andreas
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Willebrand, Johann Martin
Willebrand, Johann Matthias
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Xiu-Shui, Fang
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Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution
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Traders: The East India Company and Asia
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King William IV
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Augsburg
dial
Augsburg
dial
Augsburg
dial
Case
Inclining
dial
Compass
dial
Augsburg
dial
Analemmatic
dial
Augsburg
dial
Compass
dial
Inclining
dial
Compass
dial
Augsburg
dial
Augsburg
dial
Dieppe magnetic azimuth
dial
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Cole astronomical compendium
dial
(Astronomical compendium)
Astronomical compendium
Astronomical compendium
Astronomical compendium
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