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The decagonal barrel of this non-achromatic telescope is made of mahogany and is tapered. It has a single brass draw tube and brass fittings, including a sliding objective lens cover, of which the slide is missing. The eyepiece is also missing.Night telescope
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Abbott, Lemuel Francis
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Barrington, Samuel
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Deptford Dockyard
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Iron Cutter Yacht Mystery Royal Thames Yacht Club No.3 (Print)
Erasmus Darwin M.D. From a Picture by Wright in the possession of Mrs Darwin (Print)
Mrs Centlivre (Print)
The Champion Yacht (Print)
Carriage drawn by children (caricature) (Print)
Torpedo attacking 1907. Shaft of Port twin screw of enemy (Drawing)
The Oroolong passing the Reef (Print)
The Battle of the Nile (Drawing)
The Death of Lord Nelson, October 21st 1805 (Print)
Ship. A First Rate Ship of War with Rigging &c at Anchor and Section from Stem to Stern (Print)
Vice Admiral Benbow (proof before letters) (Print)
The Right Hon. Visct. Nelson, Vice Admiral of the White Engraved by J.T. Wedgwood from an Original Painting in the possession of Alexander Davison Esqr (Print)
View near Greenwich (Print)
Vice Admiral Benbow. Engraved by J T Wedgwood from the Original in the possession of the Corporation of Shrewsbury (Print)
Varley's Drawing Book of Boats... No.2. A rowing boat on a rocky shore at Barmouth 1802 (Print)
Titania, Puck, the Changeling, &c (From Shakespear's play of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'). Lady Hamilton (Print)
Nore Lights (Print)
Earl Nelson [sic] : Horatio Nelson (Print)
Forecastle bell
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Octant (Octant)
Octant box
Steering compass (Steering compass)
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