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Earth as you've never seen it before
Sergio Díaz Ruiz uses satellite imagery to explore climate change by creating an image of Earth as it might be analysed by a distant alien civilisation
Master of disguise: how a Navy sailor escaped a Napoleonic prison
Discover the true story of Charles Hare, the 19th-century midshipman who used a French officer's uniform to pull off a daring prison break
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A 19th century uniform with a dramatic history is on display at the National Maritime Museum. Come behind the scenes to discover the care that went into its conservation
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Astronomical and navigational instruments
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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
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adornment: ring
astronomical t&e: polisher
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energy production t&e: main, ring
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Mirror grinding and polishing apparatus
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timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, ring
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washer
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine
water transport accessory: bell, ship's
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(Maker), H. E.
(Maker), H. W.
Dollond & Aitchison
Dollond, John
Gallucio, Joanne Paulo
Goss, James
Herschel, William
John Salter
Joseph T. Eltringham and Co
Loos, F.
Metallwarenfabrik
Morgan-Giles, Francis Charles
P., W. A.
Poppel, M. F.
Proctor, L.
S., P.
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Tassie, James
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Zech, Johannes
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American War of Independence: Battle of the Saints, 1782
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's First Overland Expedition, 1819-1822
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Naval Ceremonial Review, 1853
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E9 (1913)
King George V (1911)
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Old Stan's fl.1922
Princess Maude
Shush 1925
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Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
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Campbell, George
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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
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Moore, Henry
Mortlock, Lewis
Nelson, Edmund
Nelson, Horatia
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Ward, James
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