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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
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Advertising artwork
armament accessory: sight, telescope
Arm badge
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic(triple achromatic)
Black line and wash drawing on artboard
Box lid
Chronometer Watch
clothing, outerwear: uniform: coat, watch
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Admiral of the Fleet's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Captain's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Sub-Lieutenant's
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: badge, arm
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Leading Watchkeeper's (controlled mining)
coat, watch
commemorative artifact: monument
container: lid
Deck Watch
Deck watch
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, clockwork
Drawing
household accessory: stand, watch
K2
Look-out telescope
Lookout telescope
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Marine timekeeper
Model house
movement, watch
Officer of the Watch telescope
Officer of the Watch telescope eyepiece cap
Officer of the Watch telescope objective lens cap
One day marine timekeeper
one day marine timekeeper.
original art: house, model
Pendant
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: crest (rampant lion)
Pocket chronometer
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Pocket Watch
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surveying & navigational t&e: telescope
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope(officer of the watch)
Telescope
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(8 day)
timekeeper: chronometer, pocket
timekeeper: chronometer movement, pocket
timekeeper: clock(parts)
Timekeeper: clock(parts); Watch parts; manuscript
timekeeper: dial
timekeeper: ebauche, watch(10 size)
timekeeper: ebauche, watch(12 size)
timekeeper: ebauche, watch(14 size)
timekeeper: key, set up
timekeeper: movement, watch
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(K2)
timekeeper: timer, 6-second
timekeeper: watch
timekeeper: watch, pocket
timekeeper: watch alarm attachment
timekeeping t&e: case, watch(fragment)
timekeeping t&e: chain, watch
timekeeping t&e: chain, watch(fragment)
timekeeping t&e: stand, watch
timekeeping t&e: watch
timekeeping t&e: watch paper
timekeeping t&e: wheel, watch
tool: tool, watchmaker's
visual communication t&e: code, signal
Watch
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Watch alarm attachment 515
Watch alarm attachment cardboard box
Watch back
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Watch set-up key
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Watch stand part
Watch stand [THIS IS THE WRONG IMAGE: THESE ARE NAUTILUS SHELLS]
Watch stand [THIS IS THE WRONG IMAGE]
Watch wheel
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser (German)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, river
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop
water transport: sailing vessel: barque
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport accessory: bell, watch
water transport accessory: bell, watch ?
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(case maker), AG/GM
A. Myers
Abraham, John
Allam and Caithness
American Waltham Watch Co
Andrews, George
Anonymous
Arnold, John Roger
Banks, Ralph
Barned, I, & Co
Barraud and Lund
Barwise
Benson, J W
Brant, J.
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co
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Bull, Knud Geelmuyden
Bulova
Bure, Pavel
Burrell & Sons
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Clay, Charles
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Denton, John
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Dollond & Aitchison
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Firmin & Sons Limited
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George Kenning & Son Ltd
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Hastings
Hocknell, Lillian
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IH
J., W.
J. Levenberg & Co.
J. Preston
Jennings, Josh
John Arnold & Son
John Chapman; Edward Leeming (probably)
Josiah Emery
Kendall, Larcum
Keystone Watch Company
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Lewis, William
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Maker), C. T. (Case
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Mary Bradley
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Medhurst
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New England Watch Company
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Oliver, Richard James
P., J.
Pendleton, R
Pioneer Instrument Co
Progress
père, Delmas
R., I.
Radford, William
Reid
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Roberts
Robinson & Fredman
Robinson, Owen
Roskell, Robert
Roskopf, Georges Frederic
Ross, Andrew
Ross, Thomas
Ross Ltd
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Saddleton, James Parlett
Samson
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Smith, James
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Story, Richard
Swatch
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Taylor, Joseph
Thomas Brown
Thomas Moss
Thomas Mudge & William Dutton
Tompion, Thomas
Trabet, J.
UK Armed Forces
Unknown
Veyrin
Voigtlander & Sohn
Vulliamy
Vulliamy, Justin
Waltham Watch Co
Waterbury Watch Company
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Watts, William
William Anthony (Movement Maker)
William Plumley
Williamson, H, Ltd
Windmills, Thomas
Wiss & Menu
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Wood, John
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Exploration: Cook's Second Voyage, 1772
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Loss of the Royal George, 1782
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Napoleonic Wars: Peninsular War, 1808-1814
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Kilmallie 1893
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S.S. Kerry Grange
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Ara Family
Attwell
Bark, Edgar
Bates, Colonel Denis Haughton
Bates, Edward
Berry, Edward
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Blackburn, John Fulford
Bligh, William
Booten, B. E. de V
Brant, J.
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British Navy
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Chapman, John
Clay, Charles
Collingwood, Cuthbert
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Crawford, William
Crozier, Francis Rawden Moira
Cunningham, J. K. H.
Cunningham, John Henry Dacres
Cunningham, William Keating
Denton, John
Dockwray
Donaldson, L.
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Elbrow, George
Elliott, John
Esdaile, Frank Samuel Drake
Fear, E.
Fisher, John Arbuthnot
Franklin, John
Galsworthy, E.H.
Gieves & Hawkes Ltd
Gladding, George William
Gould, Rupert Thomas
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Hanson
Hardy, Pamela
Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Harrington, R. H.
Hepburn, John
Hood, Reverend D.
Hood, Robert
Hope, George Johnstone
Ismay, Thomas Henry
Jasper, William
Kent, William George Carlisle
Kerr, Alexander Robert
Laithwait, John
Leah, Samuel Henry
Leyden, Thomas
Lindsay, John Colin Howard
Locker, William
Lockyer, Hughes Campbell
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Maker), C. T. (Case
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Mary Bradley
Millar, James
Moore, J.
Naval Brigade
Nelson, Catherine
Nelson, Edmund
Nelson, Horatia
Nelson, Horatio
Norman, Robert Douglas
Palmer, Richard
Pasco, John
Pollard, John
Ramsden, Jesse
Reid, James
Rendell, John
Reynolds, Bosun
Ross Ltd
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Royal United Service Institution
Saunders, Walter John Tite
Smith, Matthew
Spurge
Stowe, Benjamin
Street, John
Thomas and Richard Carpenter
Thomas Brown
Thomas Moss
Trabet, J.
Tsar of Russia
Tydeman, W. W.
Vansittart, Edward Westby
Vogel, Karl
Walton, E.
Watts, James Samuel
Whitcombe, James
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William Plumley
Windmills, Joseph
Worth, Peter Reginald Glenhome
Wrey, William Bourchier Sherard
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35548 (Pocket Watch)
No.16 (Watch)
Watch case (Watch case)
Watch case (Watch case)
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6639 (Watch)
No 12337 (Watch)
No.919 (Watch)
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