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What does a carved coconut shell have to do with one of the most deadly pirates in history? Dr Robert Blyth follows the story of Bartholomew Roberts, and the 'forgotten pirate hunter' Captain Chaloner Ogle
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surveying & navigational t&e: bowl, liquid compass(for projector compass)
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surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid(bomb sight)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid(distant reading)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid(vertical)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid(vertical card)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid(vetical card)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft bombsight: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft observers: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, airship: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid(spider card)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, torpedo boat destroyer: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: magnet carrier, compass corrector: compass, liquid
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water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer, torpedo boat
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Type 6/18 Mark III (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass - aircraft
Type 6/18 Mark III (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Moth Type 5/2D (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Type O.1 (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Type P.2 (Liquid compass - aircraft)
Type 6/18 Mark III (Liquid compass - aircraft)
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Liquid compass - aircraft compass
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Liquid compass and binnacle - aircraft; binnacle hood
Liquid compass - aircraft; glass cover
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