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Astronomical and navigational instruments
Astronomical and navigational instruments
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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
Charting instruments
Compasses
Course, speed and distance indicators
Electronic navigation
Exploring the Arctic
Globes
Globes and globe gores
Herschel family
Meteorological instruments
Optical equipment
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Telescopes Online Gallery
The Herschels as experimenters
The Herschels as instrument makers
The many faces of the telescope
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a
Abacus
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Alarm clock
Anchor
Anchor; Single fluke
Anchor model
Anchor Winch
Anchor winch
armament t&e, ammunition: cannonball
armament t&e, artillery: carronade ?
Asiatic compass case
Assault rifle
Astrological compass
Backboard
bag
Bamboo Matting
Baseboard
Beam
Boat
Boat hook
Boat Hook
Boathook
Boat plank
Bow floorboard
Bowl
Box
building: pagoda
Caddy
Cannon
Cannon ball
Cannonball
Carronade
Carvings
Case
ceremonial artifact: flag
ceremonial artifact: flag, junk
ceremonial artifact: pennant, junk
ceremonial artifact: standard
Clock
Colour transparency
Compass
compass
Compass, Geomancer's
Compass case
Composite Sweep
container: box
Diptych dial
Display stand
documentary artifact: address
documentary artifact: card, visiting
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, mess
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward
Door
Equinoctial dial
Equipment model
Equipment model; Anchor model
Ethnographic boat model sail
Firing pin
Fisherman's compass
Fishing Rod
Fixed dial
Flag
Flag Pole
Floorboard
food processing t&e: tea caddy
food service t&e: plate
Full hull model
Full hull model; Bamboo matting
Full hull model; Baseboard
Full hull model; Beam
Full hull model; Bow floorboard
Full hull model; Door
Full hull model; Floorboard
Full hull model; Hatch cover
Full hull model; Mast
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Floorboard
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Half killick
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Oar
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Sail
Full hull model; Quant pole
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Anchor winch
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Boat hook
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Boathook
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Cannon
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Composite Sweep
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Display stand
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Floorboard
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Gangplank
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Gang plank
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Gun
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Hatch
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Hatch cover
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Hold Hatch
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Lantern
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Lifeboat
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Life ring
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Mast
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; model lifebelt
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Oar
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Paddle
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Pennant stick
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Piece of rigging; Miscellaneous item
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Piece of roof
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Red pennant
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Roof
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Roof Hatch
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Roof Stand
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Rudder
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Rudder fixture part
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Sail
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Small sampan
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Stand
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Steering oar
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Tabernacle
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Unidentified object
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Unidentified part
Full hull model; Rudder
Full hull model; Seat
Full hull model; Shield
Full hull model; Stand
Full hull model; Thwart
Gangplank
Gang plank
Geomancer's compass
Geomancer's Compass
Geomantic compass
Geomantic compass lid
Glass plate negative
Gun
Half killick
Hatch
Hatch cover
Hatch Cover
Hold Hatch
Inboard profile plan
Jar
Killick
Lamp
Lantern
Lifebelt
Lifeboat
Lifebouy
Lifebuoy
Life ring
Lifering
Magnetic compass
Main deck plan
Mariner's compass
Mast
Mast and Sail
Mast support
Mast Support
Miniature garden
Miscellaneous item
model lifebelt
Mug
Naval ensign
Navigational Instrument
Oar
original art: garden, miniature
original art: ornament: carving, pagoda
original art: painting
original art: tapestry, k'o-ssu
Paddle
Painting
Paper knife
Papers
Parallel rule
Parasol
Pennant
Pennant stick
personal gear: box, snuff
personal gear: chest, sea
personal symbol: crest
Piece of rigging
Piece of Rigging and Miscellaneous Item
Piece of Roof
Piece of roof
Piece of Ship Model
Plank
Plank-on-frame
Plate
Quant pole
Quant Pole
Red pennant
Rigged model
Rolled film negative
Roof
Roof Hatch
Roof Stand
Rudder
Rudder fixture part
Sail
Sails set
Saucer
Scabbard
Sea chest
Seasonal inclining dial
Seat
Sheet film negative
Shield
Shrine hanging
Single fluke
Small sampan
Snuff box
Soup dish
Spout
Stand
Steering oar
Steering Oar
Stick
String-gnomon dial
Sundial
surveying & navigational t&e: case, asiatic compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, astrological
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, fisherman's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, geomancer's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, Geomancer's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, geomancer's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, dry card
Sword
Tabernacle
Tankard
tapestry, k'o-ssu
Tea caddy
Tea caddy lid
Teapot
Teapot lid
Thole pin
Thwart
timekeeping t&e: dial, fixed
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, diptych
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, string gnomon
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial
Token
Unidentified Item
Unidentified Object
Unidentified object
Unidentified part
Vase
Visiting card
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, flower (Chinese)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk
water transport: cargo vessel: junk (Chinese)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, crooked stern (Wai-Pi-Ku)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, pole (Chinese)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, river (Upper Yangtze)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, trading (Pechili)
water transport: cargo vessel: sampan (Chinese)
water transport: fighting vessel: boat, war (Chinese)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, river (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: junk, war
water transport: fighting vessel: junk, war (China)
water transport: fishing vessel (China)
water transport: fishing vessel: junk, fishing (China)
water transport: fishing vessel: sampan, fishing (China)
water transport: fishing vessel: sampan, fishing (South China)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: muscle powered vessel: boat, six mat (China)
water transport: muscle powered vessel: Liu-pieng Ch'uan (six mat boat)
water transport: passenger vessel: boat, harbour (China)
water transport: sailing vessel: junk
water transport: sailing vessel: junk (China)
water transport: sailing vessel: junk, bipod mast (China)
water transport: sailing vessel: junk, pole
water transport: sailing vessel: junk, pole (Chinese)
water transport: sailing vessel: junk, pole (Foochow)
water transport: sailing vessel: junk, sea going
water transport: service vessel: houseboat (China)
water transport: steam vessel: steamer, paddle
water transport accessory: anchor, junk (Chinese)
water transport accessory: anchor, single fluke(Chinese)
water transport accessory: killick
water transport accessory: model, anchor
Wooden stand
Wristwatch
written communication t&e: knife, paper
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bone
brass
bronze
card
card (mount)
Celluloid sheet negative
Cellulose nitrate negative
coated: gilded
coating: varnish
coral
cotton
earthenware
embroidered
enamel
Gelatine dry plate
gilded
gilt
glass
gold thread
hand sewn
hardstone
hardwood
iron
ivory
lacquer
lacquered paper
lead
linen
machine
machine sewn
metal
metal: alloy
metal: brass
metal: gold wire
metal: iron
metal: lead
metal: steel
metal: tin
metal: unknown
metal: white metal
metal sequins
mica
nacre
organic: bamboo
organic: coconut fibre
organic: cotton
organic: fibre matting
organic: hemp
organic: hessian
organic: leather
organic: linen
organic: paper
organic: silk
organic: tortoiseshell
organic: twine
paint
painted
paper
Paper
plastic
plastic (acrylic)
Polyester negative
porcelain
printed batik
rope
satin
silk
silver
soapstone
stainless steel
steel
stone
stoneware
string
synthetic: plastic
synthetic blend
textile
tin
unglazed
white metal
white metal- aluminium?
wood
wood, brass, glass, steel
wood, pewter
wood: boxwood
wood: camphorwood
wood: pine
wood?
woven: damask
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Display - Atlantic Gallery
Display - ROG
Display - Sea Things Gallery
Display - Traders Gallery
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Angxiao, He
Bird, Henry P.
Danqi, Wu
He Angxiao
Hua-Chi, Chou
Ji, Huang Rui
Ji, Zhou Hua
Jones, Kenneth Hurlstone
Kiangnan Dock & Engineering Works
Nooka Inc
Shi, Cheng Ju San Cai Dou Nan
Unknown
Wangchang, Cao
Wang Yangxi
Waters, David Watkin
Watlington ?, Abraham
Weems & Plath Ltd
Wesco Limited
Xiu-Shui, Fang
Young, David
Yuan, Zheng Fu
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Canton, China
China
China ?
China?
China Station
East China Sea
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China, Asia
Huizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
Ningpo, China
Shanghai, China
Tsinan, China
Unknown
Wu County, Jiangsu Province, China
Wu County, Juangsu Province, China
Xihu Street, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China
Yixing, China
Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China
Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
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American War of Independence: Battle of the Saints, 1782
Boxer Rebellion, 1900
Crimean War: Baltic Campaign, 1854-1855
First Opium War, 1840-1842
French Revolutionary Wars: Egyptian Campaign, 1801
Macartney Embassy to China, 1792-1793
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Second Opium War, 1857-1860
Second Opium War: Battle of Fatshan Creek, 1857
Second Opium War: Capture of Canton, 1857
Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864
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Amphitrite (1816)
Asia (1824)
Ching Yuen (HIMS)
Columbine (1862)
Defence (1763)
Diana (1932)
Falcon (1931)
Foochow type
Hardy 1856 (HMS)
Hornet (1854)
K'uai-Tu
Kharki (1899)
Leda (1800)
Nankin (1850)
Nessus 1926 [HMS]
Pole type
Sea Avon (1977)
Waterwitch (1893)
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Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
Trade and Commerce
Traders: The East India Company and Asia
Voyagers
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Anson, George
Army of Guangdong
Barnard, John
Captain Henry Manning, Henry
Chen Yucheng
China: Navy
Clark, Bouveris
Corfe, Bishop
Donaldson, Leonard Andrew Boyd
Donnelly, Ivon A.
Douglas, Charles
Eldred Lancelot Lee
Esdaile, Frank Samuel Drake
Fawssett, A. C.
Fellowes, Charles
Forsyth, Charles Codrington
Gough, Elizabeth
Green, J. F.
Greenwich Hospital
Hamilton, Emma
Hay, John Charles Dalrymple, Capt
Henry Gough
Hou, T'ien
Hunter, J A H
Kaiguang, Huang
Laughton, John K.
Lee, Isabella
Li Jishen
McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier
National Maritime Museum
Nelson, Horatio
Plumbridge, James Hanway
Prentice, Gladys
Queen Victoria
Raleigh, Walter
Royal Navy
Ruchang, Ding
Seppings, Robert
Stewart, Walter
Stokes, O. F. M.
Tsai, Shap Ng
White, Walter
Yarrow & Co Ltd
Zugui, Ye
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