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two nickel (?) balls mounted on insulating rods affixed to a wooden base. Connection is made to the balls by plug in brass connectors, the connecting wires have been cut off. Mounted on a rectangular wooden base with four rubber feet, one ball can…

A large mains powered early calculator with 8 columns of plastic buttons with the numbers 1 to 9 on them. At one side of these there is a square key pad with numbers 0 to 9 and a -/+ sign switch. On the other side there are the function keys; +,-,…

6 assorted printed circuit boards that accompanied ABDNP201341a, illustrating technology used in 1987. Includes 1 power board with 12 power transistors, relay and piggy-back board, 4 boards approx 230 mm by 290 mm, one including mixed…

This pamphlet provides instructions on how to conduct an election under the rules of the 1831 Reform Act for Scotland. On the first page, note how the directions state that the Sheriff should 'proclaim (read aloud) the writ at the market cross'.…

This pamphlet describes the conditions that voters must satisfy if they are to be eligible to vote. Voters must live within seven miles of the city boundaries; property must be worth at least £10 per year. Note how taxes on a property must also be up…

The first page of an excerpt from a letter to the Editor of the Aberdeen Chronicle. The writer is concerned about the bias of the Tory produced pamphlet, 'Remarks on the Principles of the opposing Candidates for the Representation of Aberdeenshire'.…

Memo. This was attached to an 1832 List of Electors which belonged to Alexander Bannerman's election agent. The memo states: 'This list was scored from a copy belonging to the Agent in the Reform Interest. All these [names] scored were pledged to Mr…

For the first general election in 1832, the names of all those entitled to vote had to be registered by the Sherriffs. Note how nearly a quarter of those people claiming the right to vote were disallowed. This might be because the claimant did not…

This poster points out that the Captain is against reform rather than for it, as he would have people believe.

This poster is entreating Bannerman's supporters to remember to make their claims to vote before 20th August.