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Black cardboard box with a direct drive dial inside wrapped in polythene and tissue paper. Direct drive dial is a large grey metal disc with a scale round the outside from 0 to 190 and a black plastic knob on top. Included in the box is a dispatch…

Hand sized brass spectroscope with small button to shut aperture. For looking through to see spectrum of sky, mainly to judge water absorption levels

Hand held brass spectroscope with variable aperture and variable focus. Can see the prism inside it. Engraving on barrel.

Brass direct vision spectroscope with clamp for a stand and variable focus. Part of set of miniature optical instruments.

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This pamphlet provides instructions on how to conduct an election under the rules of the 1831 Reform Act for Scotland. On the first page, note how the directions state that the Sheriff should 'proclaim (read aloud) the writ at the market cross'.…

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Dirks. Five steel blades about a foot long with handles, left to right: blade with two deep grooves and wooden handle with hatching and heart decoration, blade with subtle grooves and wooden handle, blade with one deep groove and a chunky wooden handle carved with knotwork, blade with one shallow groove and a finely carved wooden handle with knotwork and brass fittings, blade with one wide groove and an ivory and wood handle.

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Dirks. Three steel blades about a foot long with sheaths, left to right: blade with wooden handle finely decorated with carved knotwork and brass studs with a leather and brass sheath containing a small knife, double edged blade with horn handle and cross-guard with tiny brass human heads on the ends with a leather sheath decorated with dots and hearts, thick blade with wooden handle and leather sheath decorated with lines, knotwork and a bearded face.

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Instrument in a group of demonstration accessories believed to be mostly Leybold items; wooden disc with metal peg attached
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