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Objects and instruments — box 7 of 13
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MS 9797.53
Primary Cultivar (PC)
Primary Cultivar (PC) refers to the most stringently controlled lineage of lumen-moss, cultivated within the Vault of Primary Measures for t…
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MS 7527.85
Primary Null Standard
The Primary Null Standard is a permanently inert silicate slab housed within The Chamber of Silent Measures. It serves as the definitive ref…
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MS 6133.79
Primary Standards
The Primary Standards constitute the foundational set of physical artifacts and defined measures against which all quantification and compar…
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MS 4392.82
Probability Sparrow
The Probability Sparrow (Passer eventualis) is a small passerine bird endemic to the archival vaults and interstitial spaces of the North-We…
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MS 4018.65
Prototypical Metre
The Prototypical Metre is the primary physical standard for the unit of length within The Tower. It consists of an immutable rod of polished…
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MS 1040.24
Provisional Designation PD-8812
Provisional Designation PD-8812 is the archival identifier for a consignment of Aspergillus soporifex spores, provisionally catalogued under…
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MS 4472.03
Provisional Ledgers
“All that is recorded is presumed to be; all that is presumed to be must be recorded. This is the First and Final Imperative.”—Opening princ…
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MS 8069.73
Provisional Sigil
The Provisional Sigil (Ψ) is a temporary, conditional marking applied by a Librarian-Provisional to a holding within the Tower to grant it i…
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MS 2285.11
Provisional Sigil (Ψ)
Provisional Sigil (Ψ) denotes the standardized glyph appended to a submission's provisional shelf-mark to invoke Provisional Reality, thereb…
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MS 9975.70
Quiet Forge
Quiet Forge refers to the specialized apparatus, and by extension the designated workshop period, employed on Floor 888 – The Quiet Forge fo…
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MS 5137.46
Receding Reference Desk
The Receding Reference Desk is a disputed mobile holding catalogued under the provisional designation Stationary Object, Anomalously Mobile,…
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MS 3806.18
Receding Reference Desk
The Receding Reference Desk is a mahogany consultation station catalogued on Floor 22 (The Whispering Gallery) under the provisional designa…
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MS 6232.52
Receivers
Receivers are a distinct class of auditory phenomena classified under Auditory Anomalies and governed by the stipulations of the Thirteenth …
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MS 4579.41
Reference Desk
The Reference Desk is a specialized consultation station, typically constructed of mahogany, ironwood, or living stone, authorized by Concor…
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MS 2402.35
Regulatory Artifacts
Regulatory Artifacts constitute a formal classification of physical objects whose primary purpose is to instantiate, demonstrate, or materia…
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MS 1685.68
Resin-Spreader, Pattern Theta
Resin-Spreader, Pattern Theta is a Class-5 precision applicator tool, issued per Directive Theta-4, designed for the uniform planar distribu…
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MS 3233.66
Resonance Dampeners
Resonance dampeners are tuned architectural devices mandated by the Third Concordance to suppress the propagation of harmonic anomalies gene…
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MS 5275.07
Resonant Plumb Line
Resonant Plumb Line refers to a class of certified measuring apparatus, defined under 73 Annex 7 C of the Ninth Concordance, designed for th…
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MS 1399.50
Rod of Resonance
The standard-issue rod, designated Instrument 47-C under the Equipment Annex, is a cylindrical shaft of polished yewwood, precisely 1.2 metr…
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MS 3205.54
Sample 404-B
Sample 404-B is a vacuum-sealed physical specimen of a Provisional Protocol Summary originating from Floor 404. It is the primary evidentiar…
Arrangement within a series is by title. Box numbers describe the present arrangement and are not a permanent feature of the holding.