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Balance bridge
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Carrying case for H4 and K1
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documentary artifact: cover, first day
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One day marine timekeeper
one day marine timekeeper.
Pair case, dial and hands for H4
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Parts temporarily removed from John Harrison's H4 for Ships, Clocks and Stars exhibition.
Parts temporarily removed from John Harrison's H4 for Ships, Clocks and Stars exhibition.
Photograph album
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surveying & navigational t&e: octant
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timekeeper: chronometer(K3)
timekeeper: chronometer, marine (H4)
timekeeper: main spring(piece)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H1)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H2)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H3)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine (H4)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H4)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(K1)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(K2)
Transport case
Watch 'K2'
water transport: fighting vessel: 4 gun boat (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate (HMS)
water transport component: midship: beam, iron (plan for connecting)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(midship: side)
Winding key
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Gould, Rupert Thomas
Green, John
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MOD Chronometer Workshops
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Bounty (purchased 1787)
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Myrmodon 1861
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Bligh, William
Gould, Rupert Thomas
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King George II
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Royal United Service Institution
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