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Dispatch box. An ornate rectangular wooden box, about a foot wide, with brass fittings. The box has veneer with a wavy grain which is arranged in panels radiating from the centre of each side, creating a flower like pattern.
Dispatch box of Field-Marshall James Francis Edward Keith (1696-1758), younger brother of George, 10th and last Earl Marischal. It is made of wood with brass bindings, handles and clasp. The rosewood veneer on the front and lid is laid to give a…
Distaff and spindle. A wooden staff almost a metre long. Hanging from the staff by a length of string is a small wooden rod with a fat stone ring on it.
Wooden distaff and spindle, claystone whorl. Whorl decoration: concentric circles (incised).
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Modern (20th century) civil defence literature. 'Civil protection'
Document Book
Book produced by National Trust for Scotland 'Culloden'.
Door Catch Key
Iron object - door catch or key? Excavated from gatehouse.
Double windmills. Two sets of four brass vanes on an axel with a leaf spring connected to it, on a brass and wooden stand. The vanes are facing the direction of rotation on one set and are twisted away from it on the other set.
Demonstration of air resistance. Double windmill each with 4 vanes : first set vanes fixed perpendicular to direction of motion; second set of vanes can be rotated individually around axis of support arm to give range of resistance from…
Dracula. A paperback copy of the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, with an illustration of a vampire surrounded by purple smoke on the cover.
Novel 'Dracula' by Bram (Abraham) Stoker. First published 1897, this edition Puffin Classics 1986.
Dye bath paddle. A large flat piece of iron shaped like a bowtie, with a thin handle projecting from the centre.
"The textile industry developed during the 18th century with the introduction of mechanical methods of production. The demand for factory-made items also increased. At Garlogie Mill the 1830s beam engine supplemented the water-driven machinery for…
Dynamical top. A brass spinning top on a stand. The top has six knobs on its edge and three on its upper surface. On a rod projecting from the top is a paper disc divided into green, blue, red and yellow quarters.
Brass top on brass stand pivoting on jeweled insert to design described by James Clerk Maxwell in the paper ' '. The adjustments allow small changes to be made in the moments and products of inertia and also the position of the support to be…