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Large, slightly yellowed, glass ball on lead base with standard recording chart holder behind ball. Could be the recorder from the Cromwell Tower Observatory established in 1868.

Plane table, with compass, sector, sights, and stand . A plane table compass by G. Adams, almost identical with the extent of this set, is in the Whipple Museum and is illustrated in their catalogue of surveying instruments (Catalogue 1, The Whipple…

From The Aberdeen Pirate Thurs Nov 29 1832. (RAD012)Political ballads, set to well-known tunes, were popular during the nineteenth century. This electioneering song discussing Aberdeenshire Whig candidates, is anti-Tory in sentiment.To the tune of…

adjustable magnet for 200475a, has painted description '10. 5 Decr. 8th/ 84'

Oil on canvas depiction of the ballad 'Auld Robin Gray'

metal instrument with theodolite used in surveying for setting out?; in balck case marked 'sitesquare made in England' on lid; marked on object 'no.1544'

Box for binocular microscope- Smith, Beck & Beck. Contains brass stand, extending tube, rectangular aperture, 2 polarising eyepieces, extra magnification tube and a camera lucida attachment. On box lock words are engraved.

Teaching aid for learning how to read a barometer with Vernier scales.

Public domain image of Paracelsus

Coat or jerkin in buff leather. Worn in the time of Charles I. Sent from Hungary to David Stuart of Inchbreck by one of his family in 1650.