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Autograph letter signed from William Dickinson to his mother, reporting on his experiences of student life at Edinburgh, 28 November 1765

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Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0043
Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from William Dickinson (1745-1806) to his mother, reporting on his experiences of student life at Edinburgh, dated 28 November 1765, Edinburgh. Dickinson starts his letter by stating he is happy to hear about the recovery of his father; he then mentions "the two Gentlemen from Oxford" that came to his house. He is "very well pleased" with being at the University, "for Mr Ferguson (the Moral Philosophy Professor) is very clever and refin'd". He adds that he has had...
Dates: 28 November 1765

Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art Syllabus of Lectures, 1867-1868

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Identifier: Coll-74/8/1
Scope and Contents

Syllabus for a series of lectures given by 5 scientists at the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art during 1867-1868. They were: Sir Lyon Playfair (Chemistry), George James Allman (Natural History), Sir Archibald Geikie (Geology), Edward Sang (Natural Philosophy), and John Hutton Balfour (Botany).

Dates: 1867-1868

Intellectual System, Natural Laws, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/13
Scope and Contents

Volume contains notes on the philosophy of science and pedagogy.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Introductions, c1779-c1801

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Identifier: Coll-204/1
Scope and Contents

Volume consists of drafts of numerous introductions for various kinds of lectures in 'natural philosophy', the first dated October 26, 1779, and possibly bearing the name of David Hume.

Dates: c1779-c1801

Introductions, c1804

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Identifier: Coll-204/2
Scope and Contents

Volume consists of drafts of numerous introductions for various kinds of lectures in 'natural philosophy'. They discuss the use of terms like 'causation' and 'laws', concerned less with scientific facts than with how to study science itself.

Dates: c1804

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Margaret. N. O Baily, 25 May 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2013
Scope and Contents

Letter, 25 May 1952, Edinburgh, Margaret. N. O Baily to Mary Grierson. Advertising lectures on opera, suggesting the University music faculty do some preparatory festival work, praising Grierson's biography on Tovey. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 25 May 1952

Publication proofs and lecture syllabuses, 1867-1881

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Identifier: Coll-74 Gen. 522/3
Scope and Contents

The Publication proofs and lecture syllabuses series consists of:


  1. lecture syllabuses, 1867-1869
  2. publication proofs, 1879 and 1881.
Dates: 1867-1881

Rotation, Philosphy, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/12
Scope and Contents

Volume contains lecture notes, with only one or two diagrams, of the physics of rotating bodies, and of the nature of physics itself.

Dates: c1780-c1803

University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962), 1950-1964

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/1
Scope and Contents University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962) consists of: background information, (1950-1962) preparation documents, (1961) preparation photographs, (c1961) drafts and final booklet published, (1962-1963) architectural model, (1962) photographs of architectural models, (1961-1962) ...
Dates: 1950-1964

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Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (1864-1904) 2
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 2
Allman, George James, 1812-1898 (botanist and zoologist) 1