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Museum objects

Tools , products, and other three dimensional objects.

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LVSAV1997.004 Oil Lamp File Record Oil lamp burner, brass with single flat wick, wheel adjuster embossed "Youngs Patent Paraffin Oil"
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LVSAV1997.006 Oilshale Carving File Record Piece of oil shale, crudely engraved with the words "Broxburn Shale"
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LVSAV1998.054 Glass Plate Negative of Retort Designs. File Record Twenty three glass plate negatives of retort designs taken from a technical journal. Five glass plate negatives of retort designs, some fairly obscure, seemingly taken …
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LVSAV1998.055 Miners mash hammer File Record Miner's mash hammer, heavy hammer with one square face and a narrower nose, used in Westwood Pit, probably for setting props and hammering in wedges. …
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LVSAV1998.058 Miners lamp wax box File Record Cardboard box, originally for Miner's Lamp Wax. Printed on both sides "Miner's Lamp Wax, Scottish Oils and Shell Mex Ltd Manufactured in Scotland", c 1935.
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LVSAV1998.059 House key File Record Large key for oil workers housing at Oakbank which was demolished c 1980 with card label tied to it reading: "for Mr Anslon's Dept, Keys …
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LVSAV1998.060 Product Sample - Shale Oil Distillation File Record specimen bottles of the various products of shale oil distillation, including: motor spirit, fine naphtha, lubricating oil, gas oil (fuel) green oil, crude oil, mineral …
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LVSAV1998.061 Lamp wax File Record Block of miner's lamp wax, wrapped in original paper, c1940. Manufactured by Scottish Oils and Shell Mex with the address 53 Bothwell St Glasgow
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LVSAV1998.062 Painting - Elizabeth Aitken Russell Ruffell File Record Framed painting of Elizabeth Aitken Russell Ruffell, wife of James Betts Ruffell, candlemaker at Broxburn Oil Company Works
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LVSAV1998.062 Painting - James Betts Ruffel, Candlemaker File Record Framed painting of James Betts Ruffell, candlemaker at Broxburn Oil Company Works during the late 19th century to early 20th century
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