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Hadley's octant. An triangular ebony frame shaped like a section of a circle, with an ivory scale along the curved outer edge. A brass arm with a small scale and a screw at the end reaches from the point of the frame to the outer edge and can be rotated along it. There are three black glass discs in hinged brass frames on one side and the whole instrument stands flat on small brass legs.
Ebony frame with ivory scale having anchor engraved at its centre, calibrated in degrees, micrometer adjustment & Vernier to 1' arc. 1 green shade, 2 red shades. Double pin-hole site with moveable cover across a single pin-hole. Forerunner of the…
GWW marischal
Image of Marischal College from George Washington Wilson collection.
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.
Gun Pistol Flintlock Pistol
Scottish steel flintlock-pistol (steel with copper coating). Butt shape: scroll. Lock type: Doune. Decoration: linear & foliate designs.
Gun Pistol Flintlock Pistol
Scottish steel flintlock-pistol, with heart-shaped butt, Doune lock, decorative inlay of roses & leaves, decoration on clip of pierced hearts. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'from Thomson of Banchory's Museum at Christ's Church College, which was known…
Gun Pistol Flintlock Pistol
Scottish flintlock-pistol, with scroll decoration on the butt, other decoration includes hearts, diamonds & geometric patterns. This pistol is possibly an early example of the work of Thomas Cadel or Cadell, a pistol manufacturer active from around…
gun musket matchlock
Native matchlock musket from Sumatra. Smooth bore octagonal barrel of bright steel. All brass lock, including serpentine spring, double silver chain attached to lock with pricker sheath (pricker missing). Damascus barrel, no ram rod. Together with…
Gun flints. Three pieces of black flint about 2 centimetres wide. The pieces have been chipped into almost flat square shapes, with sloped sides.
Gunflints, 19th century, square truncated pyramid, used in the mechanism of a flintlock pistol or larger gun.
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Percussion pistol with a steel barrel, formerly used at marriages in Aberdeenshire.
Guinea scales. A small set of scales consisting of two brass pans hung on either end of a rod with a hinge in the centre. There is also a box containing thick brass weights resembling coins.
Set of brass weights, steel scales, brass pans all in wooden box 'sold by J Ewen, at his Ware-room, Castle-street, Aberdeen'.