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Airship pelorus
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Analemmatic dial
Aneroid barometer
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Armillary and polyhedral dial
Armillary dial
Armillary equinoctial dial
Armillary equinoctial pedestal dial
Astronomical alarm clock
Astronomical compendium
Astronomical compendium compass
Astronomical compendium day indicator and compass
Astronomical Longcase clock
Astronomical regulator
Augsburg dial
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Box
Cannon dial
Case
Case base
Case lid
Chronometer
chronometer, marine
Chronometer 3157
Clock
clock, longcase
Compass
compass, azimuth
Compass dial
Conical Pendulum clock
Cruciform diptych dial
Deck watch
deck watch
Dieppe magnetic azimuth dial
Diptych dial
Diptych dial box
Document
Dry card compass
electrical & magnetic t&e: dial, magnetic
Equinoctial dial
Gyro compass
Gyrocompass
Horizontal dial
Horizontal pedestal dial
Inclining dial
K2
Lid for the case of the dial
Longcase clock
Long case clock
Longcase Regulator
Magnetic azimuth dial
Magnetic dial
Marine chronometer
Marine timekeeper
Mechanical equinoctial dial
Mechanical log
Meridional compass
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid: barometer, pocket(in form of watch)
Nocturnal
One day marine timekeeper
one day marine timekeeper.
Painting
Pendant
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personal symbol: coat of arms
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Polaris - Sun Compass
Qibla indicator
Quadrant
Quartz marine chronometer
Regulator, solar/sidereal
Ring dial
Scaphe and horizontal pedestal dial
Scaphe dial
String-gnomon dial
surveying & navigational t&e: compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, gyro
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, meridional
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket: sundial, pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: log, mechanical
surveying & navigational t&e: pelorus, airship
surveying & navigational t&e: polaris(sun compass)
surveying & navigational t&e: vertical force instrument
Table globe
timekeeper: chronometer, marine
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(1 day)
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(2 day)
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(8 day)
timekeeper: clock, alarum(8 day astronomical)
timekeeper: clock, long case
timekeeper: clock, regulator
timekeeper: regulator
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(K2)
timekeeper: watch, pocket
timekeeping t&e: dial
timekeeping t&e: dial(circular)
timekeeping t&e: dial(compass)
timekeeping t&e: dial(compendia)
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, fixed: dial, horizontal
timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed: magnetic horizontal
timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed: time gun
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, compass
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
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, magnetic azimuth
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, magnetic azimuth(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, string gnomon horizontal
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: dial, portable: dial, vertical
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, vertical(disc altitude)
timekeeping t&e: dial: barrel, compendium
timekeeping t&e: nocturlabe
timekeeping t&e: nocturnal
Universal equinoctial armillary dial
Universal equinoctial dial
Universal equinoctial ring dial
Universal equinoctial scaphe dial
Vertical disc dial
Vertical Force Instrument
Watch
Watch 'K2'
watch, deck
Watch; Pendant
Watch chain
Watch parts
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier (HMS)
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Adams, George
Ainsley, H. R.
Allen, Elias
Anonymous
Armand, Jacques Etienne
Arnold & Dent
Arnold, John Roger
Atkins, Robert Roskell and Brockbank &
Baradelle, Nicolas-Eloi
Barraud, Francis-Gabriel
Barraud and Lund
Bate, Robert Brettell
Bedford, Hilkiah
Beringer, David
Bert, Paul
Bion, Nicolas
Browne, John
Bryer & Sons
Buschmann, Johannes
Butterfield, Michael
Chapman, John
Charles Smith & Son
Chater, Eliezer
Chevalier, Victor
Claude Delure
Cockey, Edward
Cole, Humfrey
Colston, Richard
Cope, Charles John
Culpeper, Edmund
Dahl, Michael
Danielis, Bernardi
Deane, William
Delure, Jean Baptiste Nicolas
Dent, Edward John
Dobbie McInnes Ltd
Dollond & Aitchison
Dover, A. W.
Dubois, Charles Adrien
Ebsworth, Richard
Edward John Dent & Co.
Eggert & Son
Elliott Bros
Elmes, William
F., I.
F., J.
Fang Xiu-Shui
Farquhar
Ferrier, Antoine
Galli, I.
Gallucio, Joanne Paulo
George Philip & Son Ltd
Giamin, Antonius
Gilbert & Sons
Glynne, Richard
Godemars Freres et Capt.
Graf, Hans
Graham, George
Grassl, Lorenz
Graydon, G.
Gregson
Griffin & Adams
Grimalde & Johnson
Guymard, P. I.
Hager, Wolfgang
Hamilton
Hamilton Watch Co
Hatton, James
Hauser, Mathias
Hayes, Walter
Heath & Co. Ltd
Heath, Thomas
Hicks, J.
J. & H. Jump
J. Levenberg & Co.
John Arnold & Son
Johnson, William
Jones, John
Jump, Je H
Kan Yun
Karner, Leonhard Andreas
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Kendall, Larcum
Klieber, Ulrich
Krille, Friedrich Moritz
Kullberg, Victor
Lancaster
Langlois, Claude
Leeming, Edward
Lefevre
Linnell, Joseph
Lordelle
Marke, John
Marshall
Martin, Johann
Metallwarenfabrik
Metz, Coenraad
Meurand, Antoine-Joseph
Mewes, Philippe de
Miller, Jörg
Miller, Nicolaus
Motel, Henri
Muller, Ludovicus Theodatus
Newman, John Frederick
Outdoor Supply Co. Inc
Parsons, William
Paul Beringer
Polanski, Bernard
Poole, James
Poole, John
Poppel, M. F.
Porter, Samuel
Porthouse, Thomas
Proctor, L.
Reid & Auld
Richards (possibly), James
Roskell, Robert
Rousseau
Rugendas, Nikolaus
S., P.
S. G. Brown Ltd
Salzer, Leonard
Samson
Sarton, Hubert
Schissler, Senior, Christoph
Schrettegger, Johann Nepomuk
Sewill, Joseph
Shelton, John
Shortt, William Hamilton
Sinclair, Jas
Smith, James
Solomons & Co
Staight, Thomas
Steward, J. H.
Sully, Henry
Sutton, Henry
Synchronome Co Ltd
T. Cooke and Sons Ltd
T. S. & J. D. Negus
Thomas Taylor
Thomas Walker & Son Ltd
Tompion, Thomas
Tuttell, Thomas
Ulysse Nardin
Unknown
Vogler, Andreas
Vogler, Johann Georg
Vogler, Johann Michael
Walker, Ralph
Webster, Percy
Wells, John
Willebrand, Johann Martin
Willebrand, Johann Matthias
Witham, Nathaniel
Wood, John
Xiu-Shui, Fang
Yang-Qi, Wang
Yun, Kan
Yun, Kang
Zech, Johannes
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Passau, Germany
probably England or Germany
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's First Overland Expedition, 1819-1822
Transit of Venus, 1874
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Boreas (1774)
Bounty (purchased 1787)
Triumph (1944)
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Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution
Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Adams, Francis Norris
Austin, C J
Bligh, William
Brummell, George Bryan
Chapman, John
Charles Smith & Son
Crest Nicholson Plc
Deane, William
Digsby
Drake, Francis
Duckworth, John Thomas
Edwards, William
Elbrow, George
Franklin, John
French Ministry of Marine
Griffin & Adams
Hamilton, Emma
Hardy, Pamela
Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Harries, David H.
Hepburn, John
Hood, Reverend D.
Hood, Robert
Jasper, William
Jones, John
Kerr, William
King William IV
Kullberg, Victor
Linnell, Joseph
Lowe, Edward
Marshall
Mercer, Vaudrey
Millar, James
Nelson, Horatia
Nelson, Horatio
Palmer, A. E.
Poole, John
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh
Rodney, George Brydges
Royal United Service Institution
Stanhope family
Time Museum
Ulysse Nardin
Wells, John
Williams, William Rowe
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Augsburg
dial
Augsburg
dial
Compass
dial
Scaphe
dial
Augsburg
dial
Equinoctial
dial
Universal equinoctial scaphe
dial
Armillary equinoctial pedestal
dial
Equinoctial
dial
Augsburg
dial
String-gnomon
dial
Magnetic
dial
Magnetic
dial
Magnetic
dial
Magnetic
dial
Magnetic
dial
Augsburg
dial
Universal equinoctial armillary
dial
Magnetic
dial
Horizontal
dial
Compass
dial
String-gnomon
dial
Augsburg
dial
Diptych
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