Investigating The Lewis Chess Pieces (English/Gaelic)

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Investigating The Lewis Chess Pieces. During the winter of 1830-31, more than 90 pieces of exquisitely carved ivory were found in the sand dunes at Uig Bay, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis. Investigate some of the fascinating stories associated with their discovery, design and use.

For Macintosh and Windows.

Platform: Apple Macintosh LCIII 4Mb RAM CD-ROM

2640 x 480 256 colours monitor

OS: Mac OS System 7 or higher

Application Software (AS:) Educational

Version: 1995

Platform :	Apple Macintosh LC
Format :	CD-ROM
Publisher :	National Museum of Scotland
Authors :
Date :	1995
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Item	Manufacturer	Platform	Format	Date
Investigating The Lewis Chess Pieces (English/Gaelic)	National Museum of Scotland	Apple Macintosh LC	CD-ROM	1995

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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH55939. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

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