Christie & Wilson Azimuth Mirror
A prism-type azimuth mirror for ship navigation, made by Christie & Wilson of Glasgow, to a design by William Thompson (later Lord Kelvin).
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Speed & Power Shipbuilding Slide Rule
A specialist slide rule for calculating speed and power of a steamship, stamped for Yarrow & Co Ltd Glasgow, Engineers & Shipbuilders. Another unstamped one is also in the museum.
Take-To-Pieces Model Queen Mary
A model of the RMS Queen Mary made by Chad Valley, with twelve deck sections showing the internal layout.
Enamel Electricity Safety Sign
An enamel electricity safety sign from the Caldwell’s paper mill in Inverkeithing, Fife.
Lobnitz Ship Winch Control Plates
Three brass control plates from the ship winch at Lobnitz & Co’s Renfrew yard.
Falkirk Iron Co. Boiler Plate
A cast maker’s plate from a gas-fired boiler made by the Falkirk Iron Company.
Water Turbine Drawings
A pair of drawings of a proposed 30” Hercules water turbine, to be built by John Turnbull Jr. & Sons of Glasgow for Paton’s mill in Johnstone, dating from the 1890s.
Glasgow Docks School Poster
A 1950s MacMillan school poster of the docks at Glasgow.
Napier Brothers Maker’s Plate
A circular maker’s plate from Napier Brothers Ltd., Engineers in Glasgow.
Electricity Regulations Enamel Sign
An enamel sign from a paper mill about electricity safety.
R Y Pickering Wagon Maker’s Plate
A cast iron makers plate from a railway wagon made by R Y Pickering & Co. Ltd. of Wishaw.