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Lecture notes of John Borthwick of Crookston

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Identifier: Coll-1951

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Scope and Contents

Seven notebooks containing lecture notes taken down by John Borthwick of Crookston at the University of Edinburgh between 1802 and 1807.

  1. Notes on "Humanity" lectures
  2. Notes on lectures of Greek, translation from Fenelon's Télémaque and observations upon the maxims of La Rochefoucauld
  3. Notes on lectures on moral philosophy by Dugald Stewart, 1806-1807
  4. Notes on lectures on natural philosophy, by John Playfair, 1806-1807, and supplementary volume
  5. Notes entitled 'diversae', including notes from Robert Jameson's lectures on natural history delivered in summer session 1806
  6. A translation, the death of Panthea from the Cyropaedeia done for professor Andrew Dalzel, 1805
  7. Notes on chemistry and extracts from the [J]ames, Robertson, Marmontel, etc. Also printed Exercises on natural philosophy for Mr. [George] Lees' class (Lees was a teacher in the School of Arts, Edinburgh)

Dates

  • Creation: 1802-1807

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Full Extent

7 Volumes

Additional Description

Physical Location

Gen. 841-847

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Major Borthwick of Crookston in 1966. Accession no. E66/18.

Processing Information

Description created by Aline Brodin in April 2019.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Lecture notes of John Borthwick of Crookston, 1802-1807
Description rules
Isad(g)2
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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