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Objects and instruments — box 1 of 14
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MS 6718.74
Arrival Sigil
The Arrival Sigil (standard designation: Δ) is the authoritative mark appended to the Form L-29 "Manifest of Arrival" upon successful verifi…
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MS 1630.61
Atlas of Silent Geographies
The Atlas of Silent Geographies is a cartographic holding catalogued on Floor 1,114-Δ. It is distinguished by being the first inferred holdi…
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MS 4818.97
Attenuated Lumen-Sconce
Attenuated Lumen-Sconce refers to a specific class of lighting fixture and its associated bureaucratic classification, used exclusively with…
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MS 9537.98
Attenuation Lens
The Attenuation Lens is a monocular, ocularium-grade artefact of fixed aperture (Aperture Σ-7) employed by the office of the Luminary for th…
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MS 6209.86
Autonomous Library Scout
Autonomous Library Scouts are self-directed mobile cataloguing units deployed within specified vertical and departmental ranges of The Tower…
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MS 3714.60
Autoquill
Autoquill is a mechanical scribe-tool authorized for use in the Tower for the transcription of non-original and non-evaluative records, as d…
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MS 9695.75
Basalt of Stillness
The Basalt of Stillness is a specific type of polished, non-reactive Living Stone exclusively used in the flooring, plinths, and certain fix…
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MS 8290.91
Calibrated Lumen Prism
The Calibrated Lumen Prism is a certified optical standard, designated Class Alpha-Refractive, used for the verification of translucency in …
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MS 8350.19
Caliper of Dimensional Constancy
The Caliper of Dimensional Constancy is a Class-III certified instrument employed by the Provosts of Calibration and affiliated Guilds to ve…
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MS 0958.58
Cardiac Cistern
The Cardiac Cistern is a metaphysical reservoir located within the Seventeenth Sub-Basement of the Hepatic Stacks, catalogued under Impossib…
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MS 2729.64
Carnate Hydrographic Object 78A
Carnate Hydrographic Object 78A is a certified aqueous manifestation currently housed within the Somatic Stacks on Tower Floor 14,304 (the H…
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MS 5094.65
Ceiling of Pending Motions
The Ceiling of Pending Motions is the principal physical and conceptual structure within the Chamber of Deferred Judgement on Floor 88, from…
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MS 5042.74
Central Aperture
The Central Aperture is a major architectural and administrative nexus located within the Central Atrium complex, designated Aperture Epsilo…
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MS 4425.82
Central Chronometer
The Central Chronometer is the principal temporal regulator for the Central Registry, Central Scriptorium, and all spaces designated as admi…
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MS 1655.47
Central Chronophage
The Central Chronophage is an axiomatic calibration apparatus housed within the Central Administrative Spire, from which temporal shavings a…
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MS 1233.89
Central Pneumatic Stacks
Central Pneumatic Stacks refers to the primary integrated network of vertical conveyance channels and their associated terminal bays located…
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MS 5979.35
Central Ventilation Duct
Central Ventilation Duct is a primary atmospheric circulation artery, designated C-1, originating at the base of the Central Administrative …
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MS 0265.47
Chair of Spiral Integrity
Chair of Spiral Integrity is an auxiliary seating apparatus located within the primary consultation chamber of the Spiral Integrity Oversigh…
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MS 4070.58
Chamber of the Fundamental Link
The Chamber of the Fundamental Link is a hermetically sealed, climate-controlled vault located within the administrative annex of Spiral 9, …
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MS 3922.08
Choral Spire
“The distinction between a chorus and a spire is not merely one of architecture, but of praxis. The chorus becomes the spire in the act of i…
Arrangement within a series is by title. Box numbers describe the present arrangement and are not a permanent feature of the holding.