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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
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astronomical t&e: astronomical instrument component: peg, screw thread
astronomical t&e: disc
astronomical t&e: pipe, organ
astronomical t&e: planetarium: orrery(part)
astronomical t&e: prism
astronomical t&e: telescope (20ft)
astronomical t&e: telescope, finder
astronomical t&e: telescope component: attachment, telescope diagonal
astronomical t&e: telescope component: control, telescope
astronomical t&e: telescope component: eyepiece
astronomical t&e: telescope component: eyepiece, micrometer
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mirror
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mirror(Gregorian)
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mirror, elliptical plane
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mirror, glass(8.5 inch)
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mirror, objective(Gregorian)
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mirror, speculum
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mirror, speculum(5 inch)
astronomical t&e: telescope component: mount, eyepiece
astronomical t&e: telescope component: tube, telescope
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Eyepiece and mount
Eyepiece micrometer
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Gregorian mirror
Gregorian primary mirror
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Herschelian (?) primary mirror
Herschelian primary mirror
Horsehair and cardboard
Horsehair and invitation card
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Mirror and box
Musical instrument parts
Newtonian primary mirror
Newtonian secondary mirror
optical t&e: lens, condenser
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painting, oil
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surveying & navigational t&e: quadrant
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Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
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Abbott, Lemuel Francis
Bird, John
Charles Knight & Co
Dollond & Aitchison
Ferguson, James
Godby, James
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
Herschel, John Frederick William
Herschel, William
Johann Alexander Herschel
Leist, Frederic
Mackenzie, William
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co Ltd
Pass, J.
Rehberg, Frederick
Russell, John
Ryder, Thomas
Scriven, Edward
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William Artaud
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Discovery of radiant heat, 1800
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Aubert, Alexander
Davy, H
Herschel, William
Hunter, John
Jenner, Edward
Johann Alexander Herschel
Redmill, J. D.
Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Greenwich Observatory
William James Herschel
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Sir William Herschel, 1738-1822 (Painting)
'Sir William Herschel' (Print)
'Wm. Herschel' (Print)
'Wm Herschel' (Print)
'Dr Herschel' (Print)
'Sir W Herschell' (Print)
Eyepiece mounts
Newtonian secondary mirror
Disc (Telescope part)
Finderscope (Telescope)
Tube (Telescope part)
Newtonian primary mirror
Eyepiece
Eyepiece micrometer
Eyepiece
Eyepiece micrometer
Eyepiece
Eyepiece
Thermometers
20ft Herschelian primary mirror (Herschelian primary mirror)
Orrery
William Herschel (Etching)
'Sir William Herschel' (Print)
'Sir W Herschell' (Print)
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