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Astronomical and navigational instruments
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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
Charting instruments
Compasses
Course, speed and distance indicators
Electronic navigation
Exploring the Arctic
Globes
Globes and globe gores
Herschel family
Meteorological instruments
Optical equipment
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aerospace transport: aircraft: flying boat (Curtis)
aerospace transport: airship
Airship pelorus
Airship pelorus - aircraft
Autocarta
Azimuth Circle
Azimuth circle
Azimuth circle shadow pin
Azimuth Mirror
azimuth mirror, compass
Bag of Replaced Parts
Barograph
Binnacle
binnacle
Binnacle and liquid compass
binnacle hood
Binnacle part
Boat's liquid compass
Boat's Liquid Compass and Binnacle
Boat's liquid compass and binnacle
Boat compass and binnacle
Bow model
Box, sextant
Box for the current meter - underwater indicator
Cables
Celestial navigational globe
Celestial navigational globe box
Chart
clock, zig zag
Compass
compass, boat
Compass, gyro
compass, mariner's
Compass and binnacle
Compass binnacle
Compass binnacle - submarine
Compass card
Compass cards
Compass magnet system
Compass magnet system - aircraft
Control indicator
Current Meter
Current meter - indicator unit
Current meter - underwater indicator
Cutaway model
Dry card compass
Dry card compass and binnacle
Dry card compass base of box
Dry card compass box lid part
Dry card compass lid of box
Dry compass
Dry compass card
Dry Compass Card
Dry compass card box
Dry recording paper
Echo sounder
Echosounder
engine
Equipment model
Equipment model; Tractor model
Equipment modelTractor model
Frame containing 6 compass cards
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails furled; Scenic model
Full hull model; Scenic model; Waterline model
Full hull model; Scenic model; Waterline model; Scenic base
Globe gores
Gyrocompass
Heeling error instrument
inclinometer
key, morse sending
land transport: model, tractor
land transport: model, trailer
land transport: tractor (RNLI)
land transport: trailer (RNLI)
Lead line
Lead traveller
Lid for liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass
Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass - aircraft (card)
Liquid compass - aircraft binnacle hood
Liquid compass - aircraft compass
Liquid compass - submarine
Liquid compass and binnacle
Liquid compass and binnacle - aircraft
Liquid compass and binnacle - aircraft; binnacle hood
Liquid compass and binnacle - aircraft binnacle hood
Liquid compass box
Liquid compass card
Liquid compass card - aircraft
Liquid compass counterpoise?
Liquid compass cover
Liquid compass expansion nut
Liquid compass magnifying glass
Liquid compass spanner
Manual
Marine chronometer
Mariner's compass
Marine radar
Marine radar - AP105831 Transmitter/Receiver Unit Radar
Marine radar - control indicator
Marine radar - Displa
Marine radar - Display unit
Marine radar - Power Unit
Marine radar - transmitter unit
Mining compass
Navigational globe
Navigational globe altitude circles
Navigational globe frame
Navigational globe pointer
Notices To Mariners
Notices to Mariners
NOT SIGHTED Marine radar - Power Unit
Paper roll
Parts for the current meter - underwater indicator
Patent deflector
Plank-on-frame
Pole
Power Transmission Unit
Power transmission unit
Pressure sounding tube
Radar display unit
Radar plotter
Ralston stability indicator
Record Annotator
Recorder Unit
Recorder unit
Record Unit
Rigged model
Rod for the current meter - underwater indicator
Rope for the current meter - underwater indicator
Sails furled
Sails set
scale, fathom
scale, sounding machine
Scenic base
Scenic model
Sectional model
Sectional model; Bow model; Plank-on-frame; Cutaway model
Sextant
Sextant Box
Sinker
sound communication t&e: key, morse sending
Sounding lead and line
Sounding machine
Sounding tube
Sounding tube container
Sounding tube container base
Sounding tube container lid
Sounding tube lid
Standard 10" compass and binnacle
Submarine liquid compass
Submarine liquid compass and binnacle
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle(liquid compass)
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle(picket boat compasss)
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle, compass
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass(For liquid compass)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, boat's(liquid)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: circle, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft bombsight: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, airship: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid(spherical)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's(in binnacle)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid(projector)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, submarine liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's range finder: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mining
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, range finder: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, steering: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, vertical force
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: line, lead
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: machine, sounding
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: machine, sounding(deep sea - electric)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: scale, fathom(vin H)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: sounder, echo(portable survey type)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: traveller, lead(for Kelvin Sounding Machine)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: tube, sounding(set of 10)
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: tube, sounding(set of 12)
surveying & navigational t&e: heeling error instrument
surveying & navigational t&e: magnet system, compass
surveying & navigational t&e: mirror, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: oceanographic instrument: meter, current
surveying & navigational t&e: pelorus, airship
surveying & navigational t&e: plotting instrument: plotter, radar
surveying & navigational t&e: radar equipment, marine: radar, marine
surveying & navigational t&e: radar equipment, marine: radar, marine(radar 18/12)
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, box
surveying & navigational t&e: stability indicator, Ralston
Tachometer
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(8 day)
Tractor model
Trailer model
Transducer
Transducer Spindle
Transducer spindle
Transponder
Trisponder
Trisponder dataprinter
Vertical force compass
Visor for radar
Waterline model
Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails set; Scenic model
water transport: cargo vessel: clipper, tea (later a training ship at Greenhithe)
water transport: exploration/research vessel
water transport: exploration/research vessel: polar research vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer (HMS.later a training ship at Greenhithe)
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails furled: scenic)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: scenic)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: recreation vessel: catamaran
water transport: sailing vessel: barque
water transport: sailing vessel: yacht, royal
water transport: service vessel: lifeboat
water transport: service vessel: transport, armed
water transport: steam vessel
water transport accessory: azimuth mirror, compass
water transport accessory: binnacle
water transport accessory: engine
water transport accessory: inclinometer
water transport accessory: scale, sounding machine
water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model(bow: cutaway: decked: equipped)
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alloy
alluminium
aluminium
aluminium?
brass
bronze
card
carved
cast iron
coating: lacquer
copper
cotton
cotton cloth
electrical wire?
electrical wiring
electric wire
enamel
enamel?
fabric
felt
felt padding blocks
ferrous metal
fibreglass
fibrous packing material
frame, plank on
galvanised steel
glass
gravel
GRP
ink
inorganic: glass
inorganic: mica
inorganic: mica ?
iron
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lead
lead?
lead paint (?)
leather
liquid
liquid in level
magnet
magnets?
mahogany
metal
metal: alloy, aluminium
metal: aluminium
metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: steel
metal: white metal
metal: zinc alloy
metal alloy
mica
mica?
nickle
nylon
organic: paper
organic: pigskin
organic: silk
packing material
paint
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perspex
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plastic
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plastic?
presumed to have lead
printed lithography
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radioactive
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rubber
rubber sealing
sand
silk
silk thread
sponge?
steel
steel/aluminium?
steel?
string
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textile
varnish
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white metal
white metal?
wood
wood: boxwood
wood: mahogany
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Display - Forgotten Fighters
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Britten, Kenneth
Captain Chetwynd
Field, M B
Henry Hughes & Son Ltd
Kelvin
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Kelvin & James White Ltd
Kelvin & Wilfred O White Co
Kelvin, Bottomly & Baird Ltd; Thomson, William
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Mr King
Navigators and Engineer Officers Union
Ralston, Shirley Brooks
Thatcher, Kelvin
Thomson, William
Unknown
White, James
Wigzell, Eustace Ernest
Wilson, W. Malcolm
Wray, David C.
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Skinburness, Silloth, Carlisle, Cumbria, England
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Antarctic Exploration: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913
Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914
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Bounty (purchased 1787)
British Diver (1984)
Brittanic fl.1910 ?
Chakdina (1951)
Crossbow II 1976
Cutty Sark (1869)
Discovery (1901)
Harvest Gold
Inflexible 1907
Ocean Monarch (ex Empress of England)
Parseval
R 100
Rainbow Warrior 1955
Strathlairg
Terra Nova fl.1910
Triad fl.1933
Triumph (1944)
Victoria and Albert (1899)
Worcester (1860)
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Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
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Captain Chetwynd
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Lieutenant Dobson
Thatcher, Kelvin
Thomson, William
Wigzell, Eustace Ernest
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Sounding lead and line
Davies-Hall Radar Station Pointer (Radar plotter)
The R.A.S. Radar Plotter (Radar plotter)
Dry Compass Card
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