Tune, How She'll ne'er be Guided, played on a late 20th century Lowland bagpipe by Iain MacInnes (audio clip)

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Tunes, Joseph MacDonald's Jig and Stumpie, played on a late 20th century Scottish smallpipe by Iain MacInnes (audio clip)

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Tune, Wat Ye What I Got Late Yestre'en, played on a late 20th century Lowland bagpipe by Iain MacInnes (audio clip)

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Advertising poster using a detail from 'The Gentle Shepherd'
by Sir David Wilkie

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Aerated water apparatus
made in England

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Alembic, used by Joseph Black
possibly made at Leith

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Altar cross
probably made in Jerusalem

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Angus Mackay's 'Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd'
published in 1838

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Arithmetical compendium
probably made in London

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Armchair of carved oak
From Dunfermline Palace, Fife

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Astrolabe (back)
made in Persia

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Astrolabe (detail)
made in Cordoba, Spain

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Astrolabe (front)
made in Cordoba, Spain

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Astrolabe (front)
made in Persia

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Astrolabe (front)
made in Cordoba, Spain

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Back of a chanter for a full size set of Highland bagpipes known as MacCorquodale's Pipes
late 18th century

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