Used to be part of the Aberdeen University computer mainframe; part of DPS8. Front panel includes buttons with 'power on', 'power off', 'stop', 'start', 'print test', 'skip'
Iron frying pan, or girdle, with spout or lip. Used for baking bannocks, scones and oatcakes, and also for frying or melting fat, perhaps for tallow candles, the lip allowing liquids to be poured out. Handle allowing girdle to be hung over the fire…
Sample of small pieces of fur sewn together. From Kastoria, W. Macedonia. Hasluck: 'Kastoria has an almost unique industry. Snippets of furs are bought from the workrooms of Europe and sent to Kastoria, where the unworn parts are cut up by skilful…
Gaelic prayer book, shown here with a key. See extract of letter in Thomson file: Letter from the Rev Mr Watson (F C) Langholm 1863: 'I told you that I possessed the 'Book of Power' wherewith a wizard or 'wise man' in the island of Lewis held in…