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one of three telephones; manufacturers name stamped on back, 'GEC'; patent number 178936 on dial; black cotton covered wire to handset and to wall; 'EXT 7' on dial

Unsigned but very similar to the specimen in the George III collection. Complete with ivory-sided compass with transparent base. Hinged box has cut-outs for five metal hearts, only four are contained in the box. Various non magnetic metals. Gold…

This essay on the condition of farm servants in the mid nineteenth century has been written from a farmer's point of view. The farmer sees the servants as 'mere living agricultural machines' and feels that they would benefit from moral and spiritual…

Images from Thomson's A Selection of Original Scottish Airs kindly leant from the collection of Dr Bill Zachs.

'The Maid of Isla' song in George Thomson's A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs Vol. 1

Partial contents: There came three merry men -- The bonnets of Bonny Dundee -- To the Lords of Convention.

The Zoology Museum at Marischal College

Study of two North African women, presumably taken in Tangier, Morocco. Both are heavily muffled in cloaks of coarse cloth, with no part of either body visible. The figure on the left wears a broad-brimmed straw hat.