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Said to be attached to model of levers but not present

glass mercury thermometer, scale -10 to 50deg C, faint inscription on the rear of the tube. In a cardboard box with other items

the apparatus rotates a drum that has a window slot containing a glass insert, possibly for gauging rotational speed of a shaft viewed through the window or light projected through the window; hand or belt driven

on a triangular wooden base with three adjustable feet. Two vertical wooden circular frames separated by four brass rods, hold wire coils connected to four brass terminals. In the middle a turned wood pedestal holds a horizontal circular scale of…

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Poem by 'A Townsman' in support of Colonel Sykes' attempt to win in the 1857 election. Sykes was returned.

Brass stand on stone base with large circular metal lens holder and small plate with engraving on it.

On wooden board

Metal camera with film winder and large circular aperture, missing lens/ cover. Metal plate on base with inscription

Wooden optical bench with ruler and groove for apparatus holders to slide along.

Bakelite case containing metal bubble sextant mk 9A; model no 12560/43; serial no 9054/42; patent nos 480112, 490621; case has two metal hinges; power cord has two small prongs on plug and battery on other end
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