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direct vision spectroscope

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

Directions from The Reform Act for Scotland Relative to the arrangements for Polling, and procedure at Elections for Cities, Burghs, and Towns.

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'.…

Tags: 1830s, the voice of radicalism

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.

Tags: Case 12

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.

Tags: Case 12

Disc Gaming Piece Charm

Inscription: In ink: BUCHAN

Tags: Case 46

Disc with peg

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

discharge tube demonstration

one tall tube with a ring anode to allow the cathode rays (electrons) to pass through; presumed to have been acquired as a set with five others

discharge tube demonstration

One of two tubes have a spiral glass feature; presumed to have been acquired as a set with five others

Discharging tongs. Two metal rods with balls on the end fixed to a glass rod with a wooden handle. The metal rods are mounted on wheels allowing them to be rotated together or apart.

twin brass rods hinged at one end fitted on a glass insulating rod and wooden handle. Each rod terminates in a brass sphere; for removal of charge from electrostatically charged spheres. Likely to be one of Copland's "Discharging rod, jointed, glass…

Tags: Copland

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direct vision spectroscope

Directions from The Reform Act for Scotland Relative to the arrangements for Polling, and procedure at Elections for Cities, Burghs, and Towns.

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Disc Gaming Piece Charm

Disc with peg

discharge tube demonstration

discharge tube demonstration

Discharging tongs. Two metal rods with balls on the end fixed to a glass rod with a wooden handle. The metal rods are mounted on wheels allowing them to be rotated together or apart.