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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

Popular Astronomy

Sundials

Telescopes

Telescopes at the Royal Observatory Greenwich

Telescopes Online Gallery

The Herschels as experimenters

The Herschels as instrument makers

The many faces of the telescope

Type

aerospace transport: zeppelin

A Gyro-magnetic compass binnacle and hood

A Gyrocompass

Amplifier unit for the MK22 Gyro Compass

Amplifier unit for the MK22 Gyrocompass

Aperiodic Compass - Aircraft

Asiatic compass case

Astro Compass

Astro Compass - aircraft

Astro Compass - aircraft box

Astro Compass - box

Azimuth compass

Bar

Beam compass

Bearing Plate - Aircraft Compass

Bearing Plate - Aircraft Compass box

binnacle

Boat's liquid compass

Boat's Liquid Compass

Boat's Liquid Compass and Binnacle

Boat's liquid compass and binnacle

Bottle

Box

Compass

Compass & Clinometer

Compass & Clinometer objective glass cover

Compass, Boat's Liquid

Compass, Chinese geomancer's

Compass, Earth Inductor

Compass, Geomancer's

Compass, gyro

Compass, Liquid Boat

Compass, mariner's

Compass, percentage

Compass, repeater

Compass, repeater - aircraft compass

Compass, replica of Fowler's Azimuth

Compass, submarine projector

Compass - Aircraft

Compass - aircraft

Compass - aircraft box

Compass - submarine

Compass; Pivot tool

Compass; Plug for pivot aperture

Compass; Spare pivot

Compass; Spare reservoir

Compass; Tommy

Compass?

Compass adjuster's outfit

Compass and binnacle

Compass and Binnacle

Compass and binnacle hood

Compass and clinometer case

Compass and clinometer case buckle

Compass and clinometer objective glass cover

Compass binnacle

Compass binnacle - submarine

Compass Binnacle?

Compass board part

Compass booklet

Compass bowl

Compass Bowl

compass bowl

Compass bowl and stand

Compass bowl base

Compass bowl box

Compass bowl cover

Compass bowl lid

Compass Box

Compass box

Compass card

Compass card bowl

Compass card box

Compass card cap

Compass card certificate

Compass card certificate envelope

Compass card cup

Compass card frame

Compass card magnifier

Compass card magnifier box

Compass card mount

Compass card pivot

Compass card pivots

Compass cards

Compass carrying pouch

Compass carrying pouch - army

Compass case

Compass correction chain

Compass correction magnet

Compass Corrector

Compass corrector magnet holder

Compass corrector magnet holder - aircraft compass

Compass deflector

Compass deflector box

Compass deflector box fitting

Compass deflector part

Compass deviascope

Compass dial

Compass dial case

Compass dial lid

Compass dividing engine

Compass element

Compass expansion chamber

Compass expansion chamber - aircraft compass

Compass fittings

Compass Float

Compass float

Compass float - submarine

Compass frame

Compass glass

Compass gyro-wheel

Compass in bowl

Compass instructions

Compass lid

Compass magnet system

Compass magnet system - aircraft

Compass magnifier

Compass master unit

Compass master unit mount

Compass needle

Compass needle box

Compass needle pivot

Compass Part

Compass part

Compass parts

Compass pedestal

Compass power supply unit

Compass projector

Compass repeater

Compass skylight cover

Compass sliding shutter

Compass Spares

Compass Stabiliser mount

Compass stand

Compass Test Equipment

Compass with binnacle

Course setting device for the Earth Inductor Compass

Dial board part

Dome for Gyro Compass

Dome for Gyrocompass

drafting t&e: compass, beam

Drawing instrument

Drawing instrument?

Dry card compass

Dry Card Compass

Dry card compass and box

Dry card compass box

Dry compass card

Dry Compass Card

Facsimile Compass

Facsimile compass booklet

Full hull model

Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Compass binnacle

Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Compass

Geomancer's compass

Geomancer's Compass

Geomantic compass

Gyrcompass repeater

Gyro-magnetic compass

Gyro-magnetic compass binnacle and hood

Gyrocompass

Gyro Compass

gyrocompass

Gyrocompass, Compass and binnacle

Gyrocompass, compass and binnacle

Gyrocompass - Compass and binnacle

Gyrocompass -Compass and binnacle

Gyrocompass amplifier unit

Gyrocompass element

Gyrocompass master compass

Gyrocompass repeater

Gyrocompass repeater and binnacle

land transport: tank

Lid for compass box

Liquid Compass

Liquid compass

Liquid Compass Float

mag-gyrocompass

Mag-Gyrocompass - Aircraft Compass

Mag-gyrocompass and binnacle hood

Mariner's compass

Master Unit

Naval card

ompass

Part for the bearing Plate - Aircraft Compass

Part of a Beam Compass

Part of a Beam Compass with Pencil Lead

Part of a Compass Beam

Part of Compass?

personal symbol: coat of arms, Royal

Pivot, Compass

Pivot tool

Plank-on-frame

Plug for pivot aperture

Polaris - Sun Compass

Polaris - Sun Compass box lid

Polaris - Sun Compass clinometer

Polaris - Sun Compass clinometer?

Polaris - Sun Compass part

Polaris - Sun Compass shadow vane?

Polaris - Sun Compass tool

Projector compass

Repeater Compass

Rigged model

Sails furled

Sails set

Sighting compass

Spare pivot

Spare reservoir

Special purpose compass

Stand

Sun Compass

Sun Compass needle

surveying & navigational t&e: bearing plate(aircraft)

surveying & navigational t&e: bearing plate(pelorus)

surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle

surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle, compass(binnacle only)

surveying & navigational t&e: bowl, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: bowl, compass(liquid mariners compass)

surveying & navigational t&e: box, compass(box for a marine compass)

surveying & navigational t&e: box, compass card

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass(12 mica dials)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass(for Aperiodic compass)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass(For liquid compass)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass(Four cards in a box)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, boat's(liquid)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(Admiralty standard 'A' card)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(Admiralty standard 'heavy weather' card)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(Admiralty standard card)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(Admiralty steering card)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(boat's)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(experimental)

surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, liquid

surveying & navigational t&e: carrying pouch, compass(lenscatic compass)

surveying & navigational t&e: case, asiatic compass

surveying & navigational t&e: chain, compass correction

surveying & navigational t&e: compass

surveying & navigational t&e: compass(part)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, aperiodic

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, repeater

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, army: compass, tank(directional gyro)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth: compass, dry card

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, deflector

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry card

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, earth inductor(teleguide)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, Geomancer's

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, gyro(Type AGMC 5)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, gyro: compass, repeater

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, gyro: element, compass(element only)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, gyro: repeater(ribbon type)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid(adjusting)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid: compass, projector(miniature)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mag-gyro

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, magnetic: compass, transmitting Admiralty

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's(with binnacle)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's liquid

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's liquid(small craft)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, dry card

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid boat

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, overhead

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, steering(in binnacle)

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, submarine projector

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, overhead: compass, dry card

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, photo-electric

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, projector

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, special purpose

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, vertical card: compass, repeater

surveying & navigational t&e: compass adjuster's outfit

surveying & navigational t&e: compass deflector

surveying & navigational t&e: compass spares

surveying & navigational t&e: compass test equipment

surveying & navigational t&e: cover, compass bowl

surveying & navigational t&e: deviascope, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: expansion chamber, compass(aircraft compass)

surveying & navigational t&e: float, compass: compass, liquid

surveying & navigational t&e: glass, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: glass, compass ?

surveying & navigational t&e: gyro-wheel, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: magnet, compass(set of 15 compass correction magnets)

surveying & navigational t&e: magnet, corrector ?

surveying & navigational t&e: magnet holder, compass corrector

surveying & navigational t&e: magnet system, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: magnifier, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: magnifier, compass card

surveying & navigational t&e: needle, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: pedestal, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: pivot, compass

surveying & navigational t&e: polaris(sun compass)

surveying & navigational t&e: power supply unit, compass(remote reading)

Table for arctic shore compass tripod

Tank compass

timekeeping t&e: dial

timekeeping t&e: dial(compass)

timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, compass

timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, horizontal

Tommy

Torpedo boat compass and binnacle

water transport: exploration/research vessel

water transport: fighting vessel: 60 gun ship (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer, torpedo boat

water transport: fighting vessel: gunvessel (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: submarine

water transport: fighting vessel: submarine (U-Boat)

water transport: fighting vessel: torpedo boat

water transport: fighting vessel: turret ship (HMS)

water transport: sailing vessel: yacht

water transport: sailing vessel: yacht (HMS)

water transport: sailing vessel: yacht, cutter (HMS)

water transport: steam vessel

water transport accessory: binnacle

Materials

alloy

alloy?

aluminium

aluminium?

bone

bone?

brass

Brass

brass?

brass or steel

bronze

card

cardboard

cast iron

cast iron?

cellulose acetate?

ceramic

chrome plate

chrome plated

copper

Copper

copper alloy?

copper wire

electrical components

electrical wire

electrical wire?

electrical wiring

electric wire

electric wires

electric wire with rubber coating

Electric wiring

electronics

enamel

enamel?

fabric

felt

ferrous metal

fibreglass?

gilt-brass

gilt-copper

glass

gold

inorganic: glass

inorganic: mica

iron

ivory

jet?

lead

lead?

lead soft solder?

leather

leather?

liquid

liquid evaporated

liquid in level

liquid in level?

liquid in levels

magnet

magnet?

magnets

magnets?

mahogany

mercury

metal

metal: alloy, aluminium

metal: brass

metal: steel

metal: white metal

mica

mica?

mother of pearl

nickel plated brass

oak

organic: linen

organic: paper

organic: silk

organic padding

padouk wood

paint

paper

plastic

Plastic

plastic (cellulose acetate/ nitrate)

plastic?

radioactive

rubber

Rubber seal

satin

silk

silk?

silk thread

silver

silver?

silvered brass

silver plated brass

steel

Steel

steel?

steel alloys

Steel mesh

string

synthetic

synthetic padding

synthetic plastic card

tape

textile

Textile

textile padding

textile tread

tin plated steel

vellum

velvet

wax

white metal

white metal?

wick

wood

Display Location

Display - Bridge Gallery

Display - Polar Worlds Gallery

Display - Traders Gallery

Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery

Not on display

Creator

Adams, George

Admiralty Compass Observatory

Air Ministry

Anschütz & Co

Armand, Jacques Etienne

Askaniawerke AG

Atkins

Baker Compass Co.

Bamberg, Carl

Bendix Aviation Corporation

Benzie

Boosman, W.

Boston, W. E.

Bramah & Sons

C. G. Conn Ltd

Campbell, Colin

Captain Chetwynd

Ch. Bianchetti & Co

Christie & Wilson

Compass Department

Compass Observatory, Leo Boyce, Admiralty

Cox, William Charles

Creak, E. W.

D. Pearson, D

Dent & Co

Dent, Edward John

Deutsche Seewarte

Dobbie McInnes Ltd

Doignon, L.

Dover, A. W.

Dunn, Samuel

E. M. F. Ltd

E. S. Ritchie & Sons

Eade, Jonathan

Edward John Dent & Co.

Elliott Bros

F. Wiggins & Sons

Ferranti

Foster, Daniel

Fowler, John

Fox, Robert Were

Froment

Garraio

George, W.

George Wilson & Co.

Gilbert & Sons

Gowland, George

Graydon, G.

Gregory, H.

Hallgren

Hayes, Walter

Heath & Co. Ltd

Heath, Thomas

Hechelmann, Georg

Henry Barrow & Co

Henry Browne & Son Ltd

Henry Hughes & Son Limited

HM Admiralty

Holmes

HVA Ltd.

Ji, Huang Rui

John Bruce & Sons

John Lilley & Son Ltd

Johnson Ltd

Jones, Thomas

Keen, R. J.

Kelvin & Hughes Ltd

Kelvin & James White Ltd

Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd

Knudsen, Cornelius

L. Doignon & Malakoff

Lionel Corporation

Lorkin, Thomas

Ludolph, W.

Major Chapman

Malacrida, Emmanuel

Mary Rose Trading Ltd

Mary Rose Trust

McAuley and Hughes

Messer, Benjamin

Moore, Frank

Olsen, Chris

Paget

Parkinson, R K

Perkins

Plath, C.

Poulieur, Hoyez J.

Preston, Grant

Riefler

Robin, H. R.

Robinson

Robinson, Thomas Charles

Rousseau

S. G. Brown Ltd

Sarton, Hubert

Scatliff

Smith

Smith, F, & Son Ltd

Sperry

Sperry Gyroscope Co

Sperry Marine Systems

Staedtler

Stebbing, George

Stedman, C.

Syeds & Davis

Syeds, John

Thomson, William

Unknown

West & Co

White, James

Willis, John

Wilton & Allen Eade

Places

Amsterdam

Barking

Berlin

Boston

Brentwood

Brooklyn

China

City of London

Copenhagen

Cowes

Devonport

Devonport Dockyard

Dieppe

Dublin

England

Fair Isle

Falmouth

France

Germany

Glasgow

Grimsby

Hamburg

Italy

Japan

Kent, England

Kiel

Kingston-Upon-Hull

Kuwait

Liege

Lisbon

Liverpool

London

Marseilles

Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

New Eltham

New York

North Shields

Nuremberg

Paris

Portsmouth

Portugal

Rotherhithe

Russia

Russia ?

Slough

Slough, England

Southampton

Teterboro

United Kingdom

United States of America

Unknown

Walsall, West Midlands, England

Wapping

Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China

Events

Antarctic Exploration: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913

Antarctic Exploration: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904

Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848

Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880

Exploration: Challenger expedition, 1872-1876

World War II, 1939-1945

Vessels

Britannia (1860)

Canadia fl.1915 (Wrecked 12th March 1915)

Captain (1869)

Chakdina (1951)

Challenger (1858)

Condor (1876)

Discovery (1901)

Fox fl.1856

Ista fl.1908

Mary Rose (1509)

Osborne (1870)

Penguin fl.1807

Princess Cecelie 1914

Solent Queen (1889)

Strathlairg

Terra Nova fl.1910

Triumph (1944)

Exhibition

Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude

Traders: The East India Company and Asia

People

Beresford, Charles William de la Poer

Captain Johnson

Clark, Bouveris

Compass Committee

Franklin, Jane

Halliday, Edmund

Henry Hughes & Son Limited

Lake, Ron

Nelson, M. H. H.

Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Stokes, John Lort

United States Army

United States Navy

Century

16th

17th

18th

19th

20th

unknown

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Compass, submarine projector

Boat's Liquid Compass and Binnacle

Geomantic compass

Compass

Boat's liquid compass

Compass dial case

dry card overhead compass (Dry card compass)

Compass booklet

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