3 drawers of catalogue cards relating to tools and equipment: general, subcatgorised by agricultural and forestry, animal husbandry, calculation and recording, construction, firemaking (chemical, compression, friction, optical, percussion), food processing and storage, food service, general, housekeeping and laundry, hunting, fishing and trapping, medical science, painting, punishment and torture, surveying and navigational, tattooing and scarification, timekeeping and astronomy, weights and measures, writing and printing.
Tools and Equipment: General
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Press Cutting on the “Liberation Crash”
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/102
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Press cutting about Mr. Horniman visiting Falmouth in regards to the Museum
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/197
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Photograph of The London Club Dance Orchestra
object | ARC/RAT/043
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Black and white print of man standing in a boat aiming a bow and arrow at the water
object | ARC/GUP/006/330
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