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2017
Book chapter
Introduction [Age of Oil: Artwork by Sue Jane Taylor]
The book accompanies the multi-media exhibition on show at the National Museum of Scotland 21 July - 5 November 2017, featuring the artwork of Sue Jane Taylor. The artist is no stranger to extreme working environments, having worked for over thirty years recording the lives of workers in the North...Cox, Elsa ; Taubman, Alison
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2016
Journal article
Celebrating James Watt: inventor, polymath, genius
Cox, Elsa
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2016
Journal article
Review of Viola: the life and times of a Hull steam trawler
Cox, Elsa
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2016
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2016
Book chapter
Energy well spent: practical approaches to contemporary collecting at the National Museum of Scotland
Cet ouvrage réunit les interventions du séminaire "Patrimoine contemporain : Science, technique, culture et société" qui s'est tenu au musée des Arts et Métiers de 2012 à 2015. Les membres de ce séminaire ont mené de multiples réflexions sur les questions - à la fois théoriques et pratiques - soulevées...Cox, Elsa
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2015
Journal article
Newcomen Scotland launched with a spotlight on Frank Hornby
Cox, Elsa
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2014
Journal article
ReINVENT: reconnecting and recreating 19th century Scottish textile manufacture
Elsa Cox reports on the results of a project which focused on the 19th-century textile industry and brought together experts from the fields of humanities, science and engineeringCox, Elsa
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2012
Journal article
Fresh examination of the Antarctic whalers
Cox, Elsa
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2012
Journal article
Preserving memories of the Antarctic whaling industry
Cox, Elsa
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Journal article
Collecting 21st-century science, technology and medicine
Museums are often associated exclusively with bygones. This can be problematic, especially for those who manage science, technology and medicine (STM) collections. In seeking to correct this misconception with contemporary collecting, they also face other problems, especially in scale and complexity. While acknowledging such challenges, this opinion piece proposes opportunities...Alberti, S J M M ; Cox, Elsa ; Phillipson, Tacye ; Taubman, Alison