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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
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3 masted
armament t&e, ammunition: shot, bar
Bar
Bar, lead
Barber's pole
Barge
Bark cloth
Bar magnet
Bar magnets
Bar mat
Barnacle
Bar of 8 medals
Bar of 8 orders
Barograph
Barograph barometer
Barograph drawer
Barograph lid
Barograph papers
Barometer
Barometer box fragment
Barometer case and newspaper cutting
Barometer tripod
Barometer tube
Barquetine
Barrel
Barrel, barrel cover and main spring
Barrel-topped chest
Barrel arbor
Barrel arbor blank
Barrel bar with click and two screws
Barrel hoop
Barrel Hoop Fragment
Barrel hoop fragments
Barrel Hoop [part]
Barrel organ
Barrel slide rule
Barrel slide rule box
Barrel slide rule brass holder
Barrel with lid, and stand
Barrel with lid and stand
Barrel with stand
Barricoe
Barricoes
Barricoe Support
Barricoe support
Bar shot
Bar shot stand
Basboard
Baseboard
Baseboard for an Admiral's Barge
Boat Hook
Boat hook
Bottle
box
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Bust
Bust of Barbary Pirate
Cabinet contents
Cap
Capstan Bar
cast: coin cast: token, farthing, London, 1648(Temple Bar Token)
cast: seal cast: St Bartholomew, common seal of the Prior and Convent, late 13C
cast: seal cast: St Bartholomew, counter seal of the Priory of, ca.1150
Ceremonial Barge
cloth, tapa
clothing, headwear: uniform: cap
clothing, headwear: uniform: uniform, Barge Crew's
Coin cast
Common seal of the Prior and Convent of St Bartholomew, late 13C
Compass Part
Counter seal of the Priory of St Bartholomew, ca.1150
Drogue
electrical & magnetic t&e: magnet, bar
Fairey Barracuda
Flinders Bar
food processing t&e: hoop, barrel
food service t&e: mat, bar
Fresh water barrel
Full hull
Full hull design model
Full hull model
Full hull model; Barrel
Full hull model; Baseboard
Full hull model; Boat hook
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Barricoe
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Barricoe support
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Baseboard
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Bucket
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Drogue
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Fresh water barrel
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Launching rope
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Unidentified part
furniture, ship's: chest, barrel-topped
Gallantry award
geological specimen: tooth, mammoth's
Holder, Brass
House flag
Iron fragment
Iron fragments
Launching Rope
Launching rope
Launching Skids
Lead ballast
Life Float
Life Floats
Mast
Medal on ribbon
meteorological t&e: barometer
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid(height indicator)
meteorological t&e: barometer, aneroid: barometer, barograph
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, cistern(domestic)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, cistern(marine)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, stick(marine barometer, cistern)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, stick(marine barometer, syphon)
meteorological t&e: tripod, barometer(tripod only. marine type)
Miniature model
model
Model; Full hull; Rigged model; Sails set
musical t&e: barrel organ, chamber
Navy Board, Full hull model
Oar
Order
other structure: port, Barbary
Painting
Part of the 20ft reflector telescope stand
personal symbol: crest
Plank-on-frame
presentation artifact: trophy: pole, barber's
relic, ship: barrel
Rigged
Rigged model
Rowing Barge
Royal Barge
Sail
Sails set
Scale bar
Sculpture
Seal cast
Shot, Bar
Siapo
Slide rule box
Stand
Steering Oar
surveying & navigational t&e: bar, flinders
surveying & navigational t&e: magnet, bar
surveying & navigational t&e: magnet, bar(compass correction)
Sympiesometer
Tapa cloth
Telescope Barrel
textileworking t&e?: cloth, tapa
textileworking t&e?: cloth, tapa(modern)
Thermometer
Timing weights
Token, farthing, London, 1648
Towing Post
Tripod barometer
Unidentified Part
Unidentified part
Waterline model; Miniature model; Fairey Barracuda
water transport: cargo/passenger vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 46 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: man o' war (Spain)
water transport: fighting vessel: pirate (Barbary)
water transport: fighting vessel: pirate, Barbary
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, brig (HMS)
water transport: fishing vessel: trawler
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: scenic)
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: service vessel: barge, admiral's
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport: unknown function: boat
water transport: unknown function: ship (Algerine)
water transport accessory: bar, lead(Roman)
Western Tug & Barge Co
Western Tug & Barge Co HOuse flag
Yoke
zoological specimen: barnacle(pair)
zoological specimen: barnacle ?
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metal: copper
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wood: deal
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Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
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Adie, Alexander James
Adie, Patrick
Admiralty Compass Observatory
Bray Developments Company
Broderip & Wilkinson
Carbic Limited
Cary
Cary & Co.
Cary Porter Ltd
Cetti, C
Christian, Mauatua
Cousins
Dover, A. W.
Edward John Dent & Co.
Eertvelt, Andries van
Elliott Bros
Foerster, W.
Fox, Robert Were
Gautrau
George, W.
Gibson and Peat
Haward, Peter
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
Herschel, William
I & A Walker
Johann Alexander Herschel
John Samuel White and Co. Ltd
Kelvin & James White Ltd
Mechanism Ltd
Minderhout, Hendrik van
Monamy, Peter
Nairne & Blunt
Negretti & Zambra
Netherlandish School, 17th century
Newman, I.
Newman, John Frederick
Pope, H. J.
Thomas Mercer Chronometers
Unknown
Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Verschuier, Lieve Pietersz
Vroom, Cornelis Hendricksz
W. & S. Jones
W. F. Stanley & Co Ltd
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Pacific Ocean
Pitcairn Island
Rochefort, France
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Samoa
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Westminster
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Vigo Bay, 1702
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Bengloe (1961)
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Cutty Sark (1869)
Fox (1855)
Hamadryad 1804
Kingfisher 1675
Penn (1941)
Raleigh 1806
Royal George (1788)
Salisbury (1814)
Santissima Trinidada 1769 (man-of-war: Spain)
Temeraire (1798)
Victoria and Albert (1899)
Victory (1765)
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
Traders: The East India Company and Asia
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Barbary pirate
Bassett, D. H.
Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Cockburn, George
Commissioners of the Navy
Cook, James
Franklin, John
Green
Harnage, George
Henderson, John
Hood, Alexander
Hood, Samuel
Jervis, John
Joaquim Antunes Ferreira & Co.
Lettforn, Dr
Lewin, Terence Thornton
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Nelson, Horatio
Netherlands: Navy
Petersen, Johan Carl Christian
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh
Roku Rata Lala
Royal Navy
Salter, Jocelyn S.C.
School of Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom
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Stock, A R A
The Western Tug and Barge Co
Thompson, Richard
Williams, John
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Strip of barrel hoop with rivet at one end (Barrel Hoop Fragment)
A short section of barrel hoop with rivet/bolt (Barrel Hoop [part])
Barrel hoop
Barrel hoop
Barometer case and newspaper cutting (Cabinet contents)
Bar
Bar shot stand
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Fresh water barrel
Three pieces of iron plate. (Barrel hoop fragments)
Waterline model; Miniature model; Fairey Barracuda
Bar shot
Bar magnet
Bar magnet
Bar magnets
Bar magnet
Bar magnets
Barometer
Barometer tube
Barometer tube
Ferreira(1869); Cargo vessel; 3 masted Barquetine (Model; Full hull; Rigged model; Sails set)
Action between English ships and Barbary pirates (Painting)
Bar
Barrel with lid and stand
Barrel
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