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Brass optical stand on a lead base with felt covering.

Circular lens set in wooden frame for use in Optician mirror set.

One of 15. Set of 13 order books for the period 19/05/72 to the 8/11/73 detailing orders placed from the Departmental Materials Grant for the Natural Philosophy/ physics department.

One of 15. Set of 9 order books for the period 10/2/69 - 30/8/84 detailing orders placed from the Departmental Equipment Grant for the Natural Philosophy/ physics department.

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gold disc with face (including four teeth and tongue) and two pendant balls with faces.

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Fragment of bone, perhaps part of a pendant (hole drilled in corner). One of 59 bone fragments, ABDUA 8325-8330 are ornaments, ABDUA 8331-8383 are tools. Museum's 'Slip Catalogue': 'Found in the Valley of Mexico at a depth of about three metres below…

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Amulet. Design represents a parrot.

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Shell ornament/armlet with two perforations. Found about a mile from the sea-shore, near Tampico, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Probably made by Huastecan Indians.

Oscillating prism. A small glass prism connected to a brass mechanism with a crank.
Equiangular triangular prism, 13 mm side x 43 mm long (incl. brass ends) setting vertically on base made to oscillate 6 times for every rotation of an ivory handle. Could be the device mentioned in Copland's inventory. The design is very similar to…

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