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!
. Bowl - Black painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base. Bottom of bowl glazed. Base of bowl fitted with a metal collar carrying two lead weights 180 degs apart. The verge ring has a raised inner edge which is graduated to 360 degs. T
1941
National Maritime Museum
. Bowl-Dia. 9.75" (24.8cm) Black painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base incorporated with glazed bottom of bowl. Balancing weight attached to bottom. Inside of bowl painted white with two black lubber lines carried on white st
1941
National Maritime Museum
. Brass painted grey. Has a counter balance opposite prism. Prism has V sight and line midway. Can be moved by milled screw. There is a celestial reflector which also has a line midway. The two filters are semi-circular. The spirit level is below the pri
1941
National Maritime Museum
. Circle-Black painted brass, graduated anti-clockwise to 360 degs. Fitted with counter-weight at foreside.
Prismatic telescope-13.5" (34.3cm) long, mounted above circle. A small spirit level is attached to underside of telescope. A unit containing p
1941
National Maritime Museum
. Circle-Black painted brass, graduated to 360 degs. to which is fitted a prismatic telescopic sight 14.5" (36.8cm) long.
1941
National Maritime Museum