A sales sample from the Pennycook Patent Glazing & Engineering Company. Founded in 1880, this company specialised in large glass roofs, they’re responsible for the roofs of Glasgow’s Central Station and Edinburgh’s Waverley Station.
A core sample of rock from the Cononish gold mine near Tyndrum in the Highlands.
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.
