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Bound manuscript entitled 'Sect. 7. Cattle, Green Crops' , c 1790
Item — Box CLX-A-1141
Identifier: Coll-205/7
Scope and Contents
A large bound manuscript volume entitled 'Sect. 7. Cattle, Green Crops'. Given the title, this text, whilst complete in itself, must be part of a multivolume set.
'The Soil & Climate of the Highlands'
'The State of the Highland Cattle during Winter'
'The grasses and green Crops proper to be cultivated in the Highlands'
'Crops for dry Provender: 1....
Dates:
c 1790
Correspondence of Dr. John Walker, Professor of Natural History, Edinburgh, 18th Century
Item
Identifier: La.III.352
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Dr. John Walker, Professor of Natural History, Edinburgh.
Dates:
18th Century
Letter from Professor John Walker to Joseph Black , c 1798
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/25-26F
Scope and Contents
Letter from Professor John Walker to Joseph Black, undated, however watermark is dated 1798. The letter is about peat. Walker criticises Antoine Laurent Lavoisier's account of the principles of vegetables and praises Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau' s nomenclature in chemistry, etc.
Dates:
c 1798
Unbound manuscripts on navigation and 'wood', c 1765
Item — Box CLX-A-1141
Identifier: Coll-205/8
Scope and Contents
Unbound manuscripts with three texts entitled 'Memorial concerning the proposed Navigation between the Murray Firth and the Sound of Mull', together with 'Farbers Navigation, Loch Ness Navigation', and a single sheet entitled 'Wood'.
Dates:
c 1765