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How Cutty Sark came to Greenwich
The historic tea clipper is one of the most famous sights along the River Thames. But why was Greenwich chosen as Cutty Sark's final home?
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astronomical t&e: telescope(refracting comet seeking)
auger, taper
auger, tapered
Autocarta
Bark cloth
barrelmaking t&e: auger, tapered(cooper's)
barrelmaking t&e: borer, tap(cooper's)
borer, tap
Bunch of taps
Bush, taper pins
Chronograph tape
cloth, tapa
clothing, neckwear: uniform: uniform, Rating's
clothing accessory: gauge, uniform tape
clothing accessory: uniform: tape
clothing accessory: uniform: tape(5)
clothing accessory: uniform: tape, jumper
clothing accessory: uniform: uniform, Junior Rating's
Depth digitiser interface
drawer, staple
Drum chronograph
Echosounder
Echo sounder
Embroidery
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Equipment model; Firehearth; Galley; Handle for tap
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Gas taps
gauge, uniform tape
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iron staple
Junction box?
Length of tapered brass
lighting device: taperstick
Lock staple plate
Maintaining power pull cord, taper pins
Manual
Metal staple?
Motion Sensor
multiple use artifact: drawer, staple(shipwrights)
multiple use artifact: tap(shipwrights)
Night telescope
Ocean Monitor
original art: picture, tapestry
original art: tapestry
original art: tapestry, k'o-ssu
personal symbol: coat of arms
Photographic Print
photohtaphi
picture, tapestry
Radio operators' tape
Record Annotator
relic: woolen tape
tap
Tapa cloth
tap borer handle
Tape
tape, jumper
Tape chronograph
Tape chronograph tape
Tape measure
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Tapestry
tapestry, k'o-ssu
Tapestry picture
Telescope
Textile tape
textile working t&e: tape measure
textileworking t&e?: cloth, tapa
textileworking t&e?: cloth, tapa(modern)
The decagonal barrel of this non-achromatic telescope is made of mahogany and is tapered. It has a single brass draw tube and brass fittings, including a sliding objective lens cover, of which the slide is missing. The eyepiece is also missing.Night telescope
Tide Gauge
Tidegauge Receiver
timekeeper: chronograph, tape
Transponder
Trisponder
Trisponder dataprinter
Unknown object
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: sailing vessel: barque
water transport accessory: staple plate, lock
woodworking t&e: auger(cooper's)
woodworking t&e: auger, taper(cooper's)
Woollen tape
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Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
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Cafe, William
Christian, Mauatua
Essen, W. M. Van
Grubb, Howard
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
King, Andrew
Lloyd, Winifred Eileen
Nelson, Horatia
Poyntz, Thomas
Racal-Decca Survey Inc.
RGO Workshop
Taylor, Janet
Thomas Mercer Chronometers
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Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
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China
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Macartney Embassy to China, 1792-1793
Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Solebay, 1672
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Herzogin Cecilie 1902
Olivebank (1892)
Penn (1941)
Royal George (1756)
Royal James (1671)
Titanic (1912)
Wolverine fl.1798 [HMS]
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Bassett, D. H.
Hayter, S. W.
King Charles II
Lloyd, Winifred Eileen
Mortlock, Lewis
Nelson, Horatia
Roku Rata Lala
Thompson, Richard
Walpole family
Ward, Maria
Woolley, Richard van der Riet
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