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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…

James Adam, the author, was the Radical editor of the Aberdeen Herald. He had attended a conference in Birmingham in 1842 which adopted the six main Chartist points - even though conference refused to call itself Chartist. The main points were:…

A "digital Decsope" computer with in-built printer. Everything is in the one plastic cased unit; monitor, processors, keyboard and printer. There is still paper in the printer.

A computer "MAINTENANCE PANEL" with 9 switches, 34 LED's and a display button. Supplied with Aberdeen University's computer mainframe, it was a control panel for "Honeywell Maintenance Personnel". Has rubber feet on the base and has 2 low voltage…

Plastc case containing 5.25 inch floppy disc in paper envelope and manual; label on disc reads, 'BBC B, B+, Mini Office II, 40 Track, C, Database software code 2369'; space for cassette is empty

large concave mirror set in dark wooden frame. In style of demonstration equipment from first half of 18th century and may well date from then. Original would have been held in a mirror stand.

Small concave mirror in brass frame on brass stand. Now has lost the silvering and is just dirty glass. Engraved on base is makers name and location.

Conch shell trumpet.