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What does a carved coconut shell have to do with one of the most deadly pirates in history? Dr Robert Blyth follows the story of Bartholomew Roberts, and the 'forgotten pirate hunter' Captain Chaloner Ogle
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A series of illustrations by Livia Giorgina Carpineto brings the world of notorious pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao to life
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Astronomical regulators and precision clocks
Chronometers, precision watches and timekeepers
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Anchor model
armament accessory: model, gun mounting
armament accessory: spring mounting, gun
armament t&e, ammunition: hook, sword belt spring(fragment)
armament t&e, artillery: gun, muzzle-loading (spring trigger)
armament t&e, artillery: model, gun
armament t&e, firearm: spring, gun
Astronomical regulator suspension spring
Balance spring with stud with collet
Barrel, barrel cover and main spring
belt, sword spring-hook
Click spring
Click spring and screw
Collet
Dividers
Door lock spring
drafting t&e: dividers(spring compasses)
drawing, pen and ink
Equipment model
Equipment model; Anchor model
Friction spring
Friction spring; Collet; Suspension spring; Wheel crossing
Fusee ratchet wheel with clicks and springs
gauge, mainspring
guage, mainspring
Gun mainspring
Gun model
Gun mounting model
Helical steel spring
Helical steel spring removed from time ball
Maiinspring (outer part)
Mainspring
Main spring
Mainspring (inner part)
Mainspring (outer part)
Mainspring gauge
Maintaining power spring
Ordnance model
Ordnance model; Gun model
Ordnance model; Gun mounting model
Ordnance modelGun mounting model
original art: drawing, pen and ink
Pressure spring
Pressure springs
Quarter repeating spring clock
Small steel spring
spring
Spring, Gun
Striking mainspring
Suspension spring
Suspension spring and metal components
Suspension spring and rivet
Suspension spring bracket
Sword belt spring
Sword belt spring-hook
Sword belt spring hook
sword spring-hook belt
Table time-piece
timekeeper: detent escapement, spring
timekeeper: main spring(piece)
timekeeper: timepiece, table(spring-driven)
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport accessory: anchor, safety spring
water transport accessory: anchor, spring shank
water transport accessory: model, anchor
weight, spring
weights & measures t&e: weight, spring(shipwrights)
Wheel crossing
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Bartley & Eggert
Edward John Dent & Co.
Elliott
Gould, Rupert Thomas
Graham, George
Harrison, John
Howells & Pennington
Lancelot
Mathew, D.D.
Meriton, Thomas W.
Negretti & Zambra
Parkes, Daniel
Poole, T. K.
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Shortt, William Hamilton
Simonds, James
Synchronome Co Ltd
Thomas Mercer Chronometers
Tompion, Thomas
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Vulliamy
Young & Hedridge; Wright, B, & Co
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
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Earnshaw, Thomas
Gould, Rupert Thomas
Meriton, Thomas W.
South Kensington Museum
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Ordnance model; Gun mounting model
Dividers
Gilt brass sword hanger spring hook (Sword belt spring hook)
Click spring
Barrel, barrel cover and main spring
Friction spring; Collet; Suspension spring; Wheel crossing
Maintaining power spring
Suspension spring
Suspension spring bracket
Suspension spring
Table clock No. 164 (Quarter repeating spring clock)
Suspension spring and metal components
Mainspring (outer part) - K1 (Mainspring (outer part))
Three fragments of mainspring removed from H4 (Mainspring)
Mainspring (Mainspring)
Suspension spring
Mainspring
Suspension spring and rivet
Mainspring gauge
Mainspring gauge
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