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Suitcase
Five suitcases lined up in a row to act as a divider or footer.

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Suit of mail composed of chain armour and decorated with leather bands. The armour and weapons of West African kingdoms and Sudanic states were very like those used during the Middle Ages and provided little protection from the rifles and machine…

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These five images come from an open-air meeting held at Laurencekirk mart in April 1908. In this month, a series of open-air meetings were held in Kincardineshire and Aberdeen, from Auchenblae to Aberdeen Fish Market. They were addressed by Miss Mary…

Suction pump. A glass tube with a small brass fitting covering the top and a larger one on the bottom. Hinged on to the bottom fitting is a brass plunger with the end wrapped in fabric, operated with a lever. A small pipe also projects from the bottom fitting.
Wooden box containing demonstration suction pump in two parts; glass barrel illustrates operation of two valves, one at base of barrel and one in piston; instrument sits on velvet cloth and there seem to be space for other instrument. Matches item in…

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Model of a stupa in gilded bronze, hollowed out and containing four figures of Buddha .

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Dry study skin, full specimen. One of 12 bird skins given by Audubon to MacGillivray

engraved number 22751. Simple microscope in case with 2 objectives, 4 mm and 14 mm focal length.

On wooden base. Missing illuminating mirror.
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