How would you find your way across the vast open ocean? Could you do it with just some wooden beams stuck together, and a bit of clever maths? We speak to Dr Joe Kinrade about this simple but essential navigation device, find out how it works, and how we have evolved from this to modern GPS being involved in everything from finding our way to making payments to drilling for resources on the ocean floor.
83. Roman Surgical Forceps
82. Hornby Castle Print
81. Rembrandt Intaglio Election Print
80. Nicholsons Shipbuilder’s Stencil
79. 9th Century Mount
78. China Lane Photograph
77. Silver Seal Matrix
76. Canal Subscription Notebook
75. Super Swimming Stadium Model
74. Lead Flax Seal
73. Chatsworth Logbook
72. Watercolour of Heysham and Ibo Boy
71. Grand Theatre Photograph
70. Market People Crossing Lancaster Sands by David Cox
69. Sun Gods Photograph
68. Labour Demonstration Postcard
67. Sam Thompson Photograph of William Townley
66. Victoria Wood Photograph
65. Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead
64. Thomas Hutton Rawlinson Portrait
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