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Plant specimen. Piece of paper with a dry, flattened plant attached. The plant has long stems with small, long pointed leaves up the length of the stems and clusters of around 8 flowers at the top.
Specimen of flax, Linum usitatissumum, collected at Aberdeen Links, 1907. Plant pressed, mounted on paper, labelled and covered in cellophane. Lent by the Herbarium.
Inscription: Linum usitatissium L. Aberdeen Links Lig. Wm G Crail ?/viii/1907
Inscription: Linum usitatissium L. Aberdeen Links Lig. Wm G Crail ?/viii/1907
Plant specimen. Piece of paper with a dry, flattened plant attached. The plant has long stems with a cone of small flowers at the top. A map of the Northern UK is attached showing the distribution of the species mostly in the Cairngorms region.
Specimen of Poa alpina, GRAMINEAE, collected by William Macgillivray. Plant is pressed, mounted on paper, labelled and covered in cellophane. Lent by the Herbarium.
Inscription: Poa alpina L. Rocks on the east side of Bennabuird, Aberdeenshire. Aug…
Inscription: Poa alpina L. Rocks on the east side of Bennabuird, Aberdeenshire. Aug…
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Modern (20th century) civil defence literature. 'Civil protection'
Snuff mull. A small spiral shaped horn with a wooden top and leather cord.
Snuff horn with a lid in cork. Shape : curled. Old label states that this horn was made by one of the survivors of the battle of Culloden, possibly in one of the houses on the Muir of Culloden.
Inscription: Old label
Inscription: Old label
Leaflets. Three leaflets with illustrations, diagrams, photographs and information about specific stone circles in Aberdeenshire.
Three leaflets produced by Grampian Regional Council on stone circles in the region.
Recruiting Poster
Recruiting poster for 29th Regiment.
Linen. A folded sheet of white linen cloth.
Linen given to Major General James Ferguson of Balnakilly and Kinmundy, Colonel of the Cameronian Regiment, 1698-1705, from a suit/set of linen given to him after Blenheim. Finely woven white linen. Border: crossed guns, flags, pikes, drums etc.…
Photograph. A memorial plaque on a wall at the Tower of London with two guards. The photograph is captioned TABLET IN THE TOWER OF LONDON TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVEREND ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH, Inventor of the Percussion Lock.
Photograph of the plaque to Rev Alexander John Forsyth, at the Tower of London, flanked by 2 Beefeaters. Framed and glazed.
Inscription: TABLET IN THE TOWER OF LONDON TO THE MEMORY OF REVEREND ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH. Inventor of the percussion lock.
Inscription: TABLET IN THE TOWER OF LONDON TO THE MEMORY OF REVEREND ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH. Inventor of the percussion lock.
Photograph. A memorial plaque with a three-quarter profile of a short haired, elderly man bordered by laurels. The plaque is inscribed PER ASPERA TENAX, 1768, 1843, To the Memory of the Reverend ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH, M A LL D, Minister of Belhevie, Aberdeenshire, In 1805 he conducted experiments in the Tower under the Master General of Ordinance and in 1807 invented the percussion system which was adopted by the British Army in 1839, This Tablet erected in 1929 by admirers of his Genius.
Photograph, framed and glazed, of the plaque to Rev Alexander John Forsyth. PER ASPERA TENAX 1768 - 1843 Minister of Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire. In 1805 he conducted experiments in the Tower under the Master General of Ordnance and in 1807 invented…
Bank note. A tattered paper bank note for one pound with creases and tears from being folded many times.
One pound note, framed and glazed. Aberdeen, Montrose, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow Exchange & Deposit Banks one pound note No13959 Maberly and Co Aberdeen. Maberly & Co, a linen manufacturing firm whose bank failed in 1832.