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Alarm clock
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Astronomical regulator Dent No. 2
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surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry
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Dent, Edward John
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClure, 1850-1854
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The Explanation, Exhibiting a Stranded Ship on a Lee Shore, with the Application of the Patent Machine for preserving Lives & Goods, Invented by John Winn late of Great Yarmouth Shipwright (Print)
Compass instructions
Dip needles
Dry card compass
Boat's compass and binnacle (Compass)
Mariner's compass
Mariner's compass and binnacle
19766 (Deck watch)
Alarm clock
Dip circle
Compass sliding shutter
Compass skylight cover
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Astronomical regulator Dent No. 2 (Astronomical regulator Dent No. 2)
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compass, azimuth
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1633 (Marine chronometer)
Compass and binnacle
28253 (Watch)
35548 (Pocket Watch)
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