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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
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Barrel slide rule
Barrel slide rule box
Barrel slide rule brass holder
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box
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Chart Rule
Chart rule
Cylindrical slide rule
data processing t&e: computing instrument: rule, slide
data processing t&e: computing instrument: rule, slide(Everards)
data processing t&e: rule, cylindrical slide
data processing t&e: rule, measuring
data processing t&e: rule, speed time distance slide
ddata processing t&e: computing instrument: rule, slide
drafting t&e: rule
drafting t&e: rule, folding
drafting t&e: rule, measuring
drafting t&e: rule, parallel
drafting t&e: rule, parallel(with combined protractor)
Engine indicator scale rulers
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Instructions for the slide rule
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Load lines rules zones
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rule
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Star plotter altitude ruler
Star plotter altitude ruler pointer
surveying & navigational t&e: rule, plane table
surveying & navigational t&e: scales, gunter's
surveying & navigational t&e: scales, gunter's: chart rule
timekeeping t&e: calendar, perpetual
timekeeping t&e: dial(ruler)
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine (HMS)
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
weights & measures t&e: rule(shipwrights)
weights & measures t&e: rule, gunner's folding
weights & measures t&e: rule, timber(shipwrights)
weights & measures t&e: ruler
woodworking t&e: rule, carpenter's: rule, folding
written communication t&e: ruler
written communication t&e: ruler, postal
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A. G. Thornton Ltd
Adams, George
Arnold, Thomas
Bate, Robert
Bate, Robert Brettell
Berge, Matthew
Bion, Nicolas
Blundell Rules Ltd
Canivet
Carbic Limited
Cary
Cooke, Troughton & Simms
Coombes
Corson, Robert
Crichton
Dennert & Pape
Dring & Fage
Elliott Bros
Engleheart, John Cox Dillman
G. Felsenthal & Sons
Gordon, A. M.
Harling, W H
Harling, W H, Ltd
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Jones, Thomas
Kitchin, F A L
Lee, George, & Son
Nairne & Blunt
Potter, John Dennett
Sariant, Thomas
Schiavetti-Bellieni
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Sisson, Jonathan
Troughton & Simms
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W. F. Stanley & Co Ltd
Watkins & Smith
Weems & Plath Ltd
Worbe, T G
Worthington, Nathaniel
Young, David
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Great Storm, 1703
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Battle of Jutland, 1916
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Acland, Thomas Dyke
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Home, Milne
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Kitchin, F A L (Naval Instructor)
Royal Greenwich Observatory
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Plastic rule: Player's No. 6 (Rule)
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