Arrol Stereoscopic Slides
This little leather case contains around 50 stereoscopic glass slides from Sir William Arrol & Co., dating from around 1920, along with a viewer. Scans of the slides are below, in three different formats:
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Model Yarrow Boiler
A model Yarrow boiler, as fitted to hundreds of Clydebuilt ships.
Steam Turbine Low Pressure Blade
A spare unused low pressure turbine blade from the 600MW steam turbine at Hunterston nuclear power station. There are two of these in the museum, one with the original packing grease, one cleaned up. Many, many thanks to Alan Rich and EDF for this donation!
North Sea Oil Miniature
A 1975 promotional miniature whisky bottle of North Sea oil, from Marinco Marine Industrial Cleaning Ltd.
Boilermakers Certificate
A membership certificate from The United Society of Boiler Makers and Iron & Steel Ship Builders.
Babcock & Wilcox Crane Plates
The makers’ plates from an overhead gantry crane made by Babcock & Wilcox at Dalmuir – this crane was installed at B&W’s own works at Renfrew.
Explosive Sintered Titanium
A sample of explosive-sintered titanium from Nobel’s Explosives, Ayrshire. Titanium powder was placed in a container, wrapped with explosive cord, and detonated. The shock wave compressed the powder into a solid.
Morgan Folding Seat
A little spring-loaded folding seat made in Glasgow. This kind of seat was often used by elevator operators.
Tricone Drilling Head
A rock drilling head from a North Sea oil rig. The three hardened steel cones have hard teeth that chew up the rock, and it is then flushed away by water pumped through the head.
Shaped Charge Explosive Display
A wooden model shaped-charge explosive, and a steel plate pierced by a similar (real) charge, both from Nobel’s Explosives.
Nuclear Weapon Effects Computers
A couple of circular slide rule calculators, used to work out the damage, casualties and exposure effects from nuclear weapons. Dating from the 1960s, these were probably used by the Royal Observer Corps.