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Author catalogue, 17th century

 Item — Volume EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/1/Da.1.1
Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/1/Da.1.1
Scope and Contents

'Catalogus librorum in bibleotheca Universitatis Edinensis secundum Auctorum nomina ordine alphabetica digestos. No. 1'. At the end there are instructions on how to use the telescope and microscope.

Dates: 17th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bronze medal from the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1906

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Identifier: Coll-14/1/9
Scope and Contents Bronze medal from the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. On the obverse is the logo of the Society (raised seated classical female figure with Scottish armorial shield honouring figures representing agriculture and industry) with the legend 'Semper Armis Nunc Et Industria' and on the reverse is a laurel wreath containing the inscription 'J. Cossar Ewart / Duddingston House / For / Libyan Stallion / "The Cid" / Peebles Show / 1906.' Around the border is inscribed 'Highland...
Dates: 1906
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bronze medal from the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1906

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/1/10
Scope and Contents Bronze medal from the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. On the obverse is the logo of the Society (raised seated classical female figure with Scottish armorial shield honouring figures representing agriculture and industry) with the legend 'Semper Armis Nunc Et Industria' and on the reverse is a laurel wreath containing the inscription 'J. Cossar Ewart / Duddingston House / For / Celtic Yearling Filly / Peebles Show / 1906.' Around the border is inscribed 'Highland and...
Dates: 1906
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bronze medal from the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1906

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/1/11
Scope and Contents Bronze medal from the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. On the obverse is the logo of the Society (raised seated classical female figure with Scottish armorial shield honouring figures representing agriculture and industry) with the legend 'Semper Armis Nunc Et Industria' and on the reverse is a laurel wreath containing the inscription 'J. Cossar Ewart / Duddingston House / For / Celtic Mare and Foal / Peebles Show / 1906.' Around the border is inscribed 'Highland and...
Dates: 1906
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bronze medal from the University of Edinburgh, 1872

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/1/3
Scope and Contents

Bronze medal from the University of Edinburgh. On the obverse is the University crest with the legend 'Acad Jacob VI Scot Reg Edin' around the border and on the reverse is a laurel wreath containing the inscription '1871-1872'. Around the border is inscribed 'Physiology James C. Ewart.'

Dates: 1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bronze medal from the University of Edinburgh, 1884

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Identifier: Coll-14/1/5
Scope and Contents

Bronze medal from the University of Edinburgh. On the obverse is the University crest with the legend 'Universitas Academica Edinburgensis' around the border. On the reverse is a border pattern of thistles and vines containing the inscription 'Universitas / Academica Edinburgensis / Annum Trecentesimum / Feliciter Exactum / Celebrat / A.D. MDCCCLXXXIV'.

Dates: 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bronze medal from the Zoological Station, University of Aberdeen, 1879

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Identifier: Coll-14/1/4
Scope and Contents

Bronze medal from the Zoological Station, University of Aberdeen. On the obverse is the University crest with the legend 'Universitas Aberdonensis MCCCCXCIV' around the border and on the reverse is a laurel wreath containing the inscription 'Practical / Zoology / J.C.E.' and around the border is inscribed 'Zoological Station 1879'.

Dates: 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collegium Regium Abredonense = The King's Colledge Aberdeen, 1661

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Identifier: Coll-10/7/25
Scope and Contents

Collegium Regium Abredonense = The King's Colledge Aberdeen. Engraved map. 1661. Gordon, James, 1615?-1686, Cartographer.

Note: Upper right hand sheet of Gordon of Rothiemay's Abredoniae novae et veteris descriptio = A description of new and of old Aberdeens (1661).

Dates: 1661
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Corpuscular Forces, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/35
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the notion that physical interaction between bodies is not a matter of Newtonian forces, governed by Keplerian laws, but of the cumulative effect of collisions and other interactions among particles.

Dates: c1780-c1803
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Descriptions of land and aquatic animal species, including insects, 1770

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Identifier: Coll-205/3/4 (Dc.2.32)
Scope and Contents

Descriptions of new and extant species of land and aquatic animals, including insects (approximately 204 handwritten pages).

Dates: 1770
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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