| ABDUA:36872 | Amputation kit. A wooden box containing various saws and knives. | Physical Object | |
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Description:Professor Dyce DavidsonÔÇÖs amputation kit. Wooden, velvet-lined box contains three types of saw: a tenon saw, a hacksaw and blade, a small (broken) handsaw, also a sawchain, two large knives and a small knife, all in stainless steel with black composite handles. [show more]
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| ABDNP:200412a, 201396a | Anamorphic drawings. Four coloured drawings on paper discs with a tall curved mirror placed at the centre: a butterfly, a man on a horse, a bust of a man's head, and two men arguing; the drawings appear normal in the mirror but are stretched out and curved on the paper. | Physical Object | |
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Description:A hemispherical polished speculum cylinder mounted in a wood pillar case with brass small handle. Tin-plate storage case. Ivory maker's plate inlaid into pillar. Accompanied by a selection of early 19th century anamorphic drawings.
6 anamorphic drawings on circular sheets of waxy paper. Small hole in centre of sheets:
1) drawing of person in yellow cravat chained to a rock speaking with man in green jacket. Characters not yet identified.
2) blue, yellow and black drawing of (swallow-tail?) butterfly
3) Black and white drawing of Napoleon(?) on horseback, most of diagram black inked
4) Black and white drawing of bust (could it be Wellington?, not yet checked)
5) Leaf-based pattern more black than white
6) Coloured drawings around 360 degrees of flowers on black ground [show more]
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| ABDUA:63838 | Antler. A bleached antler, with cracks and some pieces broken off. | Physical Object | |
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Type:Physical Object |
Description:Reindeer antler (Rangifer tarandus) from Moss of Cruden, Aberdeenshire.
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| ABDNP:200119a | Aristotle's watering pot. A small tin watering can with small holes perforated in the base. | Physical Object | |
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Type:Physical Object |
Description:'Aristotle’s Watering Pot' was another demonstration piece in Professor Patrick Copland’s repertoire about 200 years ago.
Tipping up the pot while holding a thumb over the air-hole above the handle, it could be filled through the spout. With the spout then firmly bunged, water would not flow out of the perforated base even when the pot was held upright because it was sealed below by the large surface tension of the water and sealed above by the thumb. Moving the thumb would cause water to be released. [show more]
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| ABDNP:200364a | Arnold's compensated escapement model. A large brass and iron contraption, on a wooden base, consisting of a wheel with two arcs of metal terminating in brass balls around the outside, on an axel with another smaller brass wheel. Underneath is another axel with a toothed wheel and a small wooden barrel on it. An irregularly bent strip of metal curls over the top axel. | Physical Object | |
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Type:Physical Object |
Description:Arnold's compensated escapement - demonstration of his patent No. 1328. A brass escapement on a wooden base.
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| ABDUA:17644 | ARP helmet. A white metal helmet with a wide brim and a bowl shaped top, with the letter R painted on. | Physical Object | |
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Description:One 'Rescue' ARP (Air Raid Precautions) warden's 'tin hat', white, 1939 issue. Used by Mr J Barclay during his duties as section (platoon) leader in Aberdeen Civil Defence.
Inscription: R
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| ABDUA:17223 | Arrow Arrow Head | Physical Object | |
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Type:Physical Object |
Description:Arrowhead, made from copper-coloured flint. Type: laurel leaf / 1Bf
Inscription: Hill of Brack.... Inverkeithnie
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| ABDUA:17130 | Arrow Arrow Head | Physical Object | |
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Type:Physical Object |
Description:Flint arrowhead. Type: barbed and tanged / Kilmarnock n.
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| ABDUA:17126 | Arrow Arrow Head | Physical Object | |
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Type:Physical Object |
Description:Flint arrowhead, type: single-barbed / British oblique f.
Inscription: written in ink on one face: Benachie
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| ABDUA:16742 | Arrow Head | Physical Object | |
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Type:Physical Object |
Description:Type : B&T / Kilmarnock m
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