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Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh: the river Gumti (Gomti, Gomati) with the fort in the distance. Coloured aquatint by D. Havell after H. Salt, 1809.
Salt, Henry, 1780-1827.Date: May 1st 1809Reference: 588497i- Pictures
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Chelsea Old Church and bridge: viewed from Battersea on the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving.
Date: 1784Reference: 20776i- Pictures
Chelsea Old Church viewed from the Surrey bank, with boats on the river. Engraving by Letitia Byrne, 1813, after J. P. Neale.
Neale, John Preston, 1771?-1847.Date: 1 March 1815Reference: 21123i- Pictures
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Casting his contract into the sea, Tom Idle in a rowing boat heads towards a sailing ship past a point of land with four windmills and a prominent gibbet. Engraving by Thomas Cook after William Hogarth, 1795.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 December 1795Reference: 38371iPart of: Industry and idleness- Pictures
Temple of Aesculapius (in ruins), Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: the boat-shaped exterior with visible carved serpent and defaced head of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1929.
Johnston-Saint, Peter, 1886-Date: 1929Reference: 576671i- Books
The Raj at war : a people's history of India's Second World War / Yasmin Khan.
Khan, Yasmin, 1977-Date: 2016- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Jonge Juffrouw Anna, Ids Baarends Kuyk, master, James Verco, commander of the private ship of war the Fox, the captor, - - - - appellant. Richard Pentreath, commander of the non-commissioned boat or vessel the Success, (falsely calling himself commander of the private ship of war Success) a pretended joint chaser and captor, - - - - - - - - respondent. Appellant's further case on the question, as to the asserted interest of His Majesty, in his Office of Admiralty.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1785?]- Archives and manuscripts
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Play Therapy
Date: 1950s - 1960sReference: RET 1/8/4/5Part of: The Retreat Archive- Pictures
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A fishing boat drawn up on to the beach at Scheveningen, surrounded by fishermen and a fishwife selling fish to customers. Etching by C. Weisbrod and engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1779, after P. Bout.
Bout, Pieter, approximately 1640-1689.Date: [1779]Reference: 29863i- Pictures
William Pitt the younger steers a small boat called 'The Constitution' with a single sail through huge waves between a high rock and a whirlpool accompanied by a buxom young Britannia who raises her hands in alarm. Etching by J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: [1830]Reference: 585510i- Books
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Battle's hull directory, for the year 1791, Containing an alphabetical list of the [J]ames and residence of the representatives in Parliament-mayor, recorder, aldermen, sheriff, and subordinate officers of the corporation - of the bankers, merchants, tradesmen, principal inhabitants, officers of the Customs, Excise, &c. [l]ist of governor's &c. of the work house - the corporation of the Trinity-House, Dock Company, governors, &c. of the general infirmary list of the underwriters, policy brokers, agents to the Fire officers, &c. Quarter sessions at Hull, time of the post coming and going, &c. List of the coasting vessels, market boats, &c. Time when the coaches, diligences, carriers, &c. come in and return, the inns they use, &c. Time of the boats leaving Hull and returning from Barton, calculated with exactitude for every day in the year: with the stamp and window duty. To which is added, a directory for beverley. To be continued annually.
Battle, Robert Gray.Date: 1791- Books
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Steel's original and correct list of the Royal Navy, hired armed-vessels, gun-boats, revenue and excise cutters, packets, and India ships, with their commanders and stations. To which are added the following lists, &c. Navy-Agents Page 2 Master-Builders at the King's Yards 2 Navy-List, with the Pursers 3 to 16 Statement of the British Nav. Force 17 Terms of purchasing British Vessels taken by the Enemy 17 Advertisements - 17 Admirals 16 Admirals Pay, Pensions, Superannuation, and Secretaries - 19 Greenwich-Hospital 19 Governors & Lieutenants to Royal-Hospitals - 19 Bost-Captains - 20 Captains Pay, Half-Pay, Superannuation, and Pensions - Page 21 Commanders - 22 Lieutenants 23 Lieutenants Pay, Half-Pay, Superannuation, and Pensions - 29 Matters 29 Masters Pay, Half-Pay, and Superannuation 30 Physicians and Surgeons 31 Surgeons Pay, Half-Pay, & Bounty 32 Widows Pensions in general - 33 Agent Victuallers - 33 Packets 33 Marine Forces - 34 Signal Towers - 36 French Ships taken 37 British Ships taken - 42 Dutch and Spanish Ships taken Page 41 Impress-Service - 43 Revenue and Hired Cutters - 44 India Ships - 46 Monthly Calendar of Head and Prize Money - 47 Command, who have lost their Lives 48 Lords of the Admiralty 49 Admiralty Judges - 49 Navy Pay-Office - 49 Commissioners of Navy, Transport, Victualling, Sick and Hurt, and Greenwich-Hospital 49 Agents for Transports 49 Elders of the Trinity 49 Distrib. of Prize-Money & Gratuities 50 Corrected to February, 1797, And to be continued monthly, during War, and quarterly, during Peace, price sixpence.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.Date: [1797]- Archives and manuscripts
Fletcher, Charles Montague (1911-1995), epidemiologist
Fletcher, C. M. (Charles Montague), 1911-Date: 1886 - 1996Reference: PP/CMF- Books
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Steel's original and correct list of the Royal Navy, hired armed-vessels, gun-boats, &c. With their commanders and stations. To which are added the following lists, &c. Establishment of rates and men page 2 Appointment of officers - 2 Pursers superrannuation - 2 Establishment of ships in Ordinary - 2 Contractions explained - - 2 Comparative rank of officers - 2 Widows annual pensions - - 2 Navy-agents - - - - 2 Navy-list, with the pursers 3 to 14 Hired armed vessels, cutt. & lug. 15 Gun and fire vessels - - - 16 Revenue and excise cutters - 16 Naval fencibles - - - 16 Statement of the British Nav. force 17 Total of all captures - 17 Advertisements to correspondents 17 Admirals - - - - 18 Admirals & their secretaries pay page 19 Admirals stations and secretaries 19 Admirals pensions - - - 19 Superannuated admirals - - 19 Post-captains - - - 20 Captains pay, half-pay, superannuation, and pensions - - 21 Commanders - - - 22 Retired lientenants - - 23 Lieutenants - - 23 to 28 Lieuts. pay, half-pay, and pensions 29 Masters - - - - 29 Masters pay, half-pay, superannuations, and pensions - - 30 Physicians and surgeons - page 31 Surgeons pay, half-pay, & bounty 32 Impress service - - - 33 Agent victuallers - - - 33 Governors of Royal Hospitals - 33 Master builders at the different yards 33 Marine forces - - 34 to 36 Signal towers - - - 36 French ships taken, &c. - 37 Dutch ships taken, &c. - 42 Spanish ships taken, &c. - 43 British ships lost, taken, &c. - 44 Prize and head-money payable - 40 Command. who have lost their lives 47 Admiralty, navy, and other public offices - - - - 49 Corrected to March, 1800, and to be continued monthly. Price Sixpence.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.Date: 1800- Archives and manuscripts
Explorers Cuttings Book 2
The Wellcome Foundation LtdDate: 1912 - 1921Reference: WF/M/GB/35/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Explorers Cuttings Book 4
The Wellcome Foundation LtdDate: 1924 - 1930Reference: WF/M/GB/35/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Guardian. A journal of the proceedings on board the above ship, Lieutenant Riou, commander: as delivered into the Admiralty Board, by Mr. Clements: To Which Are Added, A Narrative of the Sufferings of the Boat's Crew after they left the Ship. - Particulars of the Proceedings in the Guardian till they arrived at the Cape, and some Remarks on the Character of the Commander.
Date: M,DCC,XC. [1790]- Pictures
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Civil engineering: the pier at Madras, India, built using screw piles (helical piles). Wood engraving, 1863.
Date: February 28 1863Reference: 44532i- Archives and manuscripts
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Album of Photographs of the Retreat
Date: c.1850s - Early 20th CenturyReference: RET 1/8/9/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 3 ['Letter Book 3']
Date: Mar 1890 - Nov 1896Reference: WF/E/01/01/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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'Disposals - general'
Date: 1930s-1960sReference: WA/HMM/TR/Dis/1Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 5
Date: Jan 1899 - Aug 1901Reference: WF/E/01/01/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 4 ['Letter Book HSW Personal 2']
Date: Nov 1896 - Jan 1899Reference: WF/E/01/01/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 8
Date: Jul 1904 - May 1905Reference: WF/E/01/01/08Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 6
Date: Aug 1901 - Jul 1903Reference: WF/E/01/01/06Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd