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Dr Rebecca Martin investigates the photograph albums from the Challenger Expedition, trying to recover the identities of the people the ship encountered on its global voyage
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adornment: pendant
armament t&e, ammunition: torpedo
Artificial Pendulum Horizon
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case, pencil
ceremonial artifact: pennant
ceremonial artifact: pennant, church
ceremonial artifact: pennant, junk
ceremonial artifact: pennant, official
Clapper
Clock Hood
Clock Movement and Dial
clothing, headwear: uniform: hat
clothing, outerwear: uniform: coat
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Greenwich Pensioner's
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(1)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(2)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Greenwich Pensioner's
Coat
Conical Pendulum clock
Container for Pencil Leads
data processing t&e: weight
Desk set
Dial clock
Dial clock; Pendulum
drafting t&e: holder, pen
Drawing instrument pencil
Driving Weight
Ensign and Pennant
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Pennant
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Pennant
Full hull model; Rigged model; Pennant
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Pennant stick
furniture: clock, longcase
Hat
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Longcase clock pendulum
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original art: drawing, pencil
pair of pencils
Part of a Beam Compass with Pencil Lead
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Pencil drawing of great sun spot
Pencil drawing of great sunspot
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Pendulum microscope and frame
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Penny whistle
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personal gear: box, penknife
personal gear: knife, pen
personal gear: penknife
Plank-on-frame
presentation artifact: case, pencil
Primary Slave Pendulum
Pulley
Red
Red Pennant
Red pennant
relic, animal: zoological specimen: penguin, stuffed emperor
relic, human: hair
relic, ship: disc, copper
Rigged model
Sails furled
Sails set
Shortt Free Pendulum System No 3
Shortt Free Pendulum System No 16
Shortt master and slave clock system No 3
Shortt master and slave clock system No 16
Small longcase
Stuffed Emperor Penguin
Stuffed Emperor Penguin case
surveying & navigational t&e: artificial horizon
surveying & navigational t&e: artificial horizon(Pendulum type.For use with sextant.)
timekeeper: clock (Graham 2)
timekeeper: clock, master
timekeeper: pendulum
timekeeping t&e: bob, pendulum
Timing weights
Trunk
two pennants and a flag
Vernier Slave Pendulum
Watch
Watch; Pendant
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
water transport: fighting vessel: schooner
water transport: hunting vessel: whaler
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: RMS
water transport: recreation vessel: barge, champion
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: service vessel: barge, admiral's
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
Weight
Weights and Pendulum rod
written communication t&e: box, pencil
written communication t&e: case, pencil
written communication t&e: desk set
written communication t&e: pen
written communication t&e: pencil
written communication t&e: pencil(shipwrights)
written communication t&e: pencil, lead
written communication t&e: pencil, tombola
written communication t&e: penstand
written communication t&e: stand, pen
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diamonds
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inorganic: graphite
inorganic: lead
ivory
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metal: brass
metal: chromium
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Andrewes, William
Anonymous
Arnold & Dent
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Bennett, George
British School, 19th century
Brockbank Atkins & Moore
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co
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Cary & Co.
Charles Letts & Co
Chinese School
Collins
Cottingham
Dawson, Percy
Eagle Pencil Company
Edward John Dent & Co.
Elliott
Fedchenko
Firmin & Sons Limited
Fox, Uffa
G. Rowney & Co, G. Rowney &
Garrard & Co. Ltd
Graham, George
Heath & Co. Ltd
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Herschel, John Frederick William
Hoppner, John
Horne & Thornthwaite
James Simonds
John Chapman; Edward Leeming (probably)
John Lilley & Son Ltd
Molyneux, Robert
Morgan-Giles, Francis Charles
Oosterwijck, Severijn
Orme, after Daniel
Owltic Ibbotson
P & Co's
Parkes, Daniel
Philipson, Henry
Porter Bros and Co Ltd
Rear-Admiral Crousaz
Riefler, S.
Salzer, Leonard
Shelton, John
Shortt
Shortt, William Hamilton
Staedtler
Synchronome Co Ltd
The Royal Sovereign Pencil Co. Ltd
Tompion, Thomas
unidentified
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Venus Pencil Co
Whyte, Thomson & Co.
William Northern
Williams, I
Wilson, Edward Adrian
Womersley and Co Ltd
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1000th ship to enter port of Ghent, 1891
Antarctic Exploration: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904
Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
Arctic Exploration: Dr John Rae, 1853-1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Barge Championship, 1898
Barge Championship, 1899
Barge Championship, Diamond Jubilee, 1897
Barge Championship, Diamond Jubilee, 1897-8
Barge Championship, Medway, 1896
Barge Championship, Medway, 1898
Barge Championship, Medway, 1901
Barge Championship, Medway, 1903
Barge Championship, Medway, 1932 (staysail class)
Barge Championship, Medway, 1937 (staysail class)
Barge Championship, Medway, 1958
Barge Championship, Medway, 1959 (staysail class)
British Empire Games, 1950
Crimean War, 1854-1856
First Opium War, 1840-1842
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Camperdown, 1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War, 1808-1814
Opening of the first Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1858
World War I, 1914-1918
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Andromeda (1777)
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Donola 1893 (steam launch)
Engadine (1911)
Fox (1855)
Hood (1918)
Lucia fl.1914 (HMS)
Memory 1904 (Thames barge)
Nelson (1925)
Pegasus fl.1891
Pickle (1799)
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Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
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Airy, George Biddell
AMVER
Anonymous
Australian 2/7th Field Regiment WA Ex Members Association
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Britannia
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Cardnall Bros
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Duncan, Adam
Ganderton, Henry Yorke
Gar, Alexis Joseph
Greenwich Hospital
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Hitler Youth
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King George V
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Macklin, Alexander Hepburne
Merchant Navy
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Nelson, Horatia
Nelson, Horatio
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Port of London Authority: Chairman
Prien, Günther, Capt-Lt, Gunther
Queen Victoria
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Robinson, Gregory
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Royal Mail
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Royal Pacific Fleet
S.E.L. Maduro and Sons Inc
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Tsar Alexander II of Russia
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Penny whistle
Pennant, Chairman of the Port of London Authority (Pennant)
Pendulum
Pendulum
Pendulum pin
Pendulum
Pendulum rod
Pendulum bob
Pendulum
Pendulum
Pencil
Pendulum
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Pendulum rod
13 Factories in Canton (Miniature)
Royal Mail pennant (Pennant)
Pennant
Union Castle Line pencil (Pencil)
Pennant
Pennant
Pennant
Pennant
Hitler Youth pennant (Pennant)
Pendulum rod
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