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Solar pyrheliometer. A large instrument made of steel, brass and wood. Three small fan shaped steel plates which can be rotated are positioned over a long brass cylinder which extends from a squat wooden cylinder, suspended in a ring mount allowing the apparatus to be rotated in multiple directions.
Silver disk pyreheliometer for measuring the power in solar radiation. Instrument purchased from Smithsonian Institution who developed the device. Can be seen in use in the photograph of the total solar eclipse of 1927 taken on top of the Cromwell…
Crossbills. Two taxidermy finch sized birds on Perspex perches. Both birds have large, curved beaks where the upper and lower parts cross over each other (like crossed fingers). The male has brown and orange plumage, the female brown and olive plumage.
Stuffed birds, female and male crossbill, on loan from Zoology Museum.
Red squirrel. Squirrel with reddish brown fur and a white belly, with long tufts on its ears. The squirrel hangs from a Perspex bar with its front legs.
Red Squirrel, on loan from Zoology Museum.
Capercaillie. A large bird with mottled grey and brown plumage, brown and white wings, and an iridescent bluish grey breast. It has a waxy red brow around each eye and a short, hooked beak. It stands on a mossy platform.
Stuffed bird, capercailzie, on loan from Zoology Museum.
Bead. A small, fat ring shaped bead made of greenish grey glass, with scratches and scuffs.
Shape: flat, circular. Colour: blue green. Type: Plain annular bead (Guido 1978). From a 'stone circle' at Castlehill, Kintore. Ralston & Inglis (1984): 'The 'Castle Hill' was destroyed during the construction of the railway in mid-Victorian…
Bead
Colour: black with yellow spirals. Shape: bun-shaped. Found near the Vitrified Fort on the Tap o' Noth at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire by the owner of the land, who gave them to Mr Fraser. Type: North Scottish spiral-decorated bead (Guido 1978, Class 13;…
Bead
Colour: yellow and black, twisted together to form a spiral pattern. Type: North Scottish spiral-decorated bead (Guido 1978, Class 13; Ralston & Inglis 1984).
Bead
Colours: blue bead with yellow, white and red spirals. Shape: triangular. Type: North Scottish spiral-decorated bead (Guido 1978, Class 13). Ralston & Inglis (1984): 'Made by twisting different colours of glass together, and then marvering the…
Bead
Shape: egg-like. Was found on the Mains of Concraig near remains of a stone circle.
Bead
Shape: spherical. Colour: white. Found near the Vitrified Fort on the Tap o' Noth at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire by the owner of the land, who gave them to Mr Fraser.