Knott, Cargill Gilston, 1856-1922 (physicist, mathematician and secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Cargill Gilston Knott, with enclosed letter to Knott from Alexander Seton Huth, 22 December 1915
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/21/23
Scope and Contents
Knott asks Ewart what he wishes to do about having pictures printed from the plate of Ewart's zebra to illustrate a paper that was to be have been published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The letter from Huth to Knott, dated 20 December, enquires whether he can print off the plate as it has been on stone for a number of years.
Dates:
22 December 1915
Physicus medal of Cargill G. Knott, 1873-74
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1451
Scope and Contents
The item, a bronze medal, has an unmilled and uninscribed edge. On one side the medal features the University arms of the saltire, castle, book and thistle, and around the edge the Latin: SCOT.REG.EDIN.ACAD.JACOB.VI. On the other is inscribed PHYSICUS CARGILL G. KNOTT, with the year 1873-74 framed by laurel branches.
Dates:
1873-1874
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