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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.
Dracula. A paperback copy of the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, with an illustration of a vampire surrounded by purple smoke on the cover.
Novel 'Dracula' by Bram (Abraham) Stoker. First published 1897, this edition Puffin Classics 1986.
Civil defence literature. A small booklet with a message from the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Scotland explaining that civil defence is to "adapt ourselves to the reality that we at present must live with, and to prepare ourselves so that we could alleviate the suffering which war would cause if it came". Further in the text are headings such as "Why bother with civil defence?" and "But surely there is no real protection against a nuclear attack?".
Modern (20th century) civil defence literature. 'Civil Defence why we need it' HMSO 1986.
Document Book
Book produced by National Trust for Scotland 'Culloden'.
Book Document
Book produced by the National Trust for Scotland 'Heroes and heroines of long ago'.
Tartan Map of Scotland. A large folded up piece of paper with numerous swatches of different tartans on it.
Large, fold-out map of Scotland with information and illustrations of tartans. The Tartan Map of Scotland, published by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Duncan Street, Edinburgh, 1979.
Painting. Oil painting of a large, tall building with a round tower being demolished. The roof has been removed, there are piles of rubble and labourers are handling pieces of stone. The painting is in a gilded frame.
Oil painting, showing Marischal College in the course of reconstruction. Shows the Adam wing of the old buildings with a grindstone and shed to the left.
Gutting knife. A knife with a hooked steel blade, a curved wooden handle and a cord attached to a metal loop near the blade.
Gutting knife, with a hooked blade.