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Miniature flat sandstone axe found at West Castle Hill, Upper Boyndlie, Tyrie Aberdeenshire. Skull found in 1872, rest of skeleton in 1932. Broken stone axe-hammer recorded in Prof Low's report, but the miniature axe is not recorded (but site…

a circular brass cased milliammeter mounted on a circular wooden back plate fitted by heavy brass clamps to a black painted pedestal on a circular wooden base. The scale is 5-0-5 milliamps. A rotary switch marked 1-10-0 aligns with a pointer on the…

Agate ware. Small mug-style bowl with broad overturned rim and handle. Inscription incised on rim.

David Ferrier's brass microscope, that he used in his research into the brain. It is monocular with a single lens. Light for the stage is provided via a concave mirror below the stage. There are three eyepieces for the microscope. There is a small…

Large paper poster, on wooden baton, of the Cooke Research Microscope, detailing the workings and light paths in it.

Two objectives of focal lengths 4mm and 14mm, with brass containers; one on microscope, other stored in case. Engraved on each case lid is the manufacturers name and the size of the microscope lens; 14mm 2/3, and 4mm 1/6, which is again engraved on…

Glass slide in original black protective box with precision scale 0.1 and 0.01of a mm

Box for binocular microscope- Smith, Beck & Beck. Contains brass stand, extending tube, rectangular aperture, 2 polarising eyepieces, extra magnification tube and a camera lucida attachment. On box lock words are engraved.