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Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1900 - 191914
ACO/7/15
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1901 - 1904
ACO/11/13
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1919 - 1919
ACO/7/1
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1874 - 1874
ACO/S&T/30/18
HM Ships compass bearings, torpedo and small craft, 1910 (Manuscript)
1910 - 1910
ACO/1/72
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1911 - 1911
ACO/4/27/4
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1943 - 1943
ACO/S&T/30/2
HM Ships compass bearings, Destroyers and Torpedo Boats, 1915 (Manuscript)
1915 - 1915
ACO/1/83
Admiralty Compass Observatory: Scientific and technical review records (Manuscript)
ACO/S&T/23
Admiralty Compass Observatory: Scientific and technical review records (Manuscript)
1945-1950
ACO/S&T/13
Admiralty Compass Observatory: reports, technical notes and memoranda from the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), Farnborough (Manuscript)
ACO/S&T/14
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1949 - 1949
ACO/11/4
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1910 - 1910
ACO/8/6
Admiralty Compass Observatory: Scientific and technical review records (Manuscript)
1936-1951
ACO/S&T/19
SMS EMDEN compass book, in German, 1916, printed (Manuscript)
1916 - ?
ACO/13/25
Book 4, Gyro Compasses as fitted in Polish Cruisers, n.d. (Manuscript)
ACO/3/9
Book 12, Gyro Compasses as fitted in Armed Merchant Cruisers and Yachts, c. 1931-1946 (Manuscript)
1931 - 1946
ACO/3/17
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1946 - 1946
ACO/S&T/12/11
HM Ships compass bearings, A- M, 1898 (Manuscript)
1898 - 1898
ACO/1/42
Swing book, 1929-30, Battleships, Cruisers and Auxiliaries (Manuscript)
1929 - 1930
ACO/2/19
Admiralty Compass Observatory Reports, 1956-1961 (Manuscript)
0000
ACO/6
Gimbal errors of torpedo directional gear, 1946, Compass Department (Manuscript)
1946 - 1946
ACO/13/27
HM Ships compass bearings, N- Z, 1903 (Manuscript)
1903 - 1903
ACO/1/55
Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1972 - 1972
ACO/S&T/30/17
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