This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
. Degrading part removed from the wind finding instrument. In a plastic bag and attached to a card base.
1933
National Maritime Museum
. Liquid compass
Instrument consists of a square piece of perspex (?) 6.0" x 6.0" (15.2 x 15.2 cm) which is inscribed with numerous horizontal lines. At centre is attached a brass alidade 12" (30.5cm) long, which is graduated from centre 0-
1933
National Maritime Museum
. Square piece of degrading plasic removed from the wind finding instrument. In a plastic bag and attached to a card base.
1933
National Maritime Museum
Patt 188. Made of brass and painted grey. It has a counter balance opposite the prism. The prism has a notched sight and is moveable. There is a celestial reflector with nipple which acts as a fore sight. The two moveable filters are circular. The spirit
1933
National Maritime Museum