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.
In glass case with brown wood. Perfect order. Case key in side lock. Another brass key with square hole and thumbwheel for adjusting vernier. Scale 24 - 32. White label inside in holder 'Negretti & Zambra Opticians to her Majesty London'. No 1212
Alcohol thermometer on wooden base with loops for handling. Calibrated in Fahrenheit from -50 to 125. Front and sides of base very dark brown. On top left ' 556 Cd ' stamped ' Univ. Abdn. Nat. Phil. '
Round quarte-wave plate in wooden square wooden frame with handle. Makers name and address on handle. On other side written on by hand "Quartz" and "1/4X". For use with Newton & Co. optical bench
Rectangular shaped piece of tapa with a hole in the centre, and patches (strips), decoration: pattern of short red lines. Hunt (1981): 'A poncho-like garment made by a daughter of one of the Tahitian women who accompanied the bounty mutineers to…