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January 18th, 2011
Amy Miller takes a look at a portable shaving table thought to have been a gift from Nelson.
Amy Miller takes a look at a portable shaving table thought to have been a gift from Nelson.
Rory McEvoy talks about the astronomical regulator in Greenwich that controlled the timeball in Gibraltar.
Quintin Colville tells us about one of his favourite objects, the battleship HMS King George V.
Jonathan Betts reveals the surprises that he encountered while repairing John Harrison’s marine timekeeper H1.
Rebekah Higgitt takes us through the Museum’s collection of globes and maps of the Moon.
Re-discover a forgotten art form – the miniature – with curators David Haycock and Richard Johns, as they discuss the techniques and story behind the miniature of the Third Earl of Cumberland.
Rebekah Higgitt, Curator of History of Science and Technology, talks about one of her favourite objects – an early 19th-century astronomy board game, in which the winner was crowned Astronomer Royal.