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Three lumps of lava, mounted on a card label: 'Lava used in building houses in Pompei'. Thomson's MS Catalogue adds: 'A proof that Vesuvius a volcano before AD 79'. Inscription: Lava used in building houses in Pompei

Frame containing pieces of polished lava.

Steel blade, guard in the form of two gilded animals, long wooden shaft painted in red, black and yellow. Thomson's MS Catalogue: 'Spear - Gold mounted - from Sumatra - bought from Major Ondaatje.'

Jug (or askos) in red clay with black glaze, used for feeding lamps with oil. Nola manufacture.

Black plastic cone shaped item with 2 telescope ends and a window with a scale from 800 to 1250 degrees Celsius in 5 degree divisions labelled every 50. Complete with cables and housed in original leather case.

shallow pottery tripod dish, decorated with reddish-brown and black paint on interior and exterior, 'cascabel' feet

This extract from the Town Clerk's Roll, shows how people voted. an 'F' beside someone's name indicates that they voted for Alexander Dingwall Fordyce, Tory candidate and ex-city councillor. An 'S' indicates that Colonel Sykes was the recipient of…

Device for displaying ultrasonic timing pulses; osciliscope technology; customised for use with ultrasonic probes; serial number on back B.661. Great Britain Patent number 696920

In A4 Paper box, a collection of types minutes of the University of Aberdeen Senate meetings for the period October 1980 - December 1983.

The Newsletter for the University of Aberdeen from 1982 until 1985 in an A4 paper box.