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Figurine
figurine in red pottery of female holding a child, style known as the Mexican Madonna
Rattle
anthropomorph, probably a toy
Ornament
gold disc with face (including four teeth and tongue) and two pendant balls with faces.
Mirrors
circular mirros made of flat stone, glazed on one side
Arnold's compensated escapement model. A large brass and iron contraption, on a wooden base, consisting of a wheel with two arcs of metal terminating in brass balls around the outside, on an axel with another smaller brass wheel. Underneath is another axel with a toothed wheel and a small wooden barrel on it. An irregularly bent strip of metal curls over the top axel.
Arnold's compensated escapement - demonstration of his patent No. 1328. A brass escapement on a wooden base.
Graham's deadbeat escapement model. Brass model of an escapement consisting of a 60 second clock face behind which is a toothed wheel which is struck alternately by the ends of a curved brass arm connected to a spindle. The spindle would have a pendulum attached to it.
Brass and wooden model of escapement with 60 second face. Pendulum ( ABDNP200022b ) fits on rear. Holes on right of base probably for small pulley wheel, now missing. Dial marked in seconds and labelled every 10 seconds. Escapement wheel 152 mm…
Double windmills. Two sets of four brass vanes on an axel with a leaf spring connected to it, on a brass and wooden stand. The vanes are facing the direction of rotation on one set and are twisted away from it on the other set.
Demonstration of air resistance. Double windmill each with 4 vanes : first set vanes fixed perpendicular to direction of motion; second set of vanes can be rotated individually around axis of support arm to give range of resistance from…
Bannerman and Reform for Ever
In this poster, the Tory opposition suggest that Alexander Bannerman, the Whig candidate in the 1832 election, is no Friend of the People.
Mr Bannerman and his pledged voters
This poster takes the form of an open letter to the editor of the Aberdeen Observer, and questions Mr Bannerman's credentials and ability to serve as MP.