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Bennachie. A mountain with a rounded peak, slightly snow covered. In the mid distance are two houses, fields and trees.
Photograph of Mither Tap and Bennachie from Monymusk.
Fraserburgh harbour. A harbour with many small sail boats. In the foreground two boats crewed by men in dark clothing sail towards the viewer.
Photograph of Fraserburgh harbour.
Victoria Street, Fraserburgh. A long wide street lined with small two storey stone houses, with a church at the end.
Photograph of Victoria Street, Fraserburgh.
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…
Head of Despair. A small wooden head with bared teeth, red lips and covered with flaking paint, with long white hair.
Wooden painted head, the hair is woven into a cloth scalp that is connected by an internal rod to the base. The hair stands on end when the head is sat on a electrostatically charged table, King's visitors' centre caption "Another of Professor…
Museum catalogue. An open book with a numbered list of objects such as beads and brooches. The size, materials and decorative elements of the objects are described and some are depicted with black and white photographs.
Illustrated catalogue of the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen
Pulleys. Large wooden frame, about half a metre square, suspended from which are six brass pulleys and weight systems, ranging in complexity from a single pulley with a weight to six pulleys with a single weight.
Set of mechanical pulleys in mahogany frame.
Notebook. An open manuscript book with an illustration of a pulley system consisting of three pulleys arranged vertically, attached with rope to a single weight. The opposite page has explanatory text.
Lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Knight on Natural Philosophy
Volume 1: Institutes of Natural Philosophy 383 pages of lecture notes on natural philosophy with chapters including analysis, synthesis, animal economy, general properties of…
Volume 1: Institutes of Natural Philosophy 383 pages of lecture notes on natural philosophy with chapters including analysis, synthesis, animal economy, general properties of…
GWW marischal
Image of Marischal College from George Washington Wilson collection.
Walking stick. A wooden stick almost a metre long with four segments. It has silver caps at both ends, the top one is bulbous. There is a small hole with silver mounts around it going through the stick near the top.
Cane walking stick with silver top. The top is inscribed to 'Geo. Turreff' and stamped with maker's initials (William Jamieson - died 1841). Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'George Turreff was appointed by the Aberdeen Town Council Dean of Guild's…