Lecture notes of John Borthwick of Crookston
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1951
Scope and Contents
Seven notebooks containing lecture notes taken down by John Borthwick of Crookston at the University of Edinburgh between 1802 and 1807.
- Notes on "Humanity" lectures
- Notes on lectures of Greek, translation from Fenelon's Télémaque and observations upon the maxims of La Rochefoucauld
- Notes on lectures on moral philosophy by Dugald Stewart, 1806-1807
- Notes on lectures on natural philosophy, by John Playfair, 1806-1807, and supplementary volume
- Notes entitled 'diversae', including notes from Robert Jameson's lectures on natural history delivered in summer session 1806
- A translation, the death of Panthea from the Cyropaedeia done for professor Andrew Dalzel, 1805
- 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.
Extent
7 Volumes
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.
Creator
Subject
- Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828 (Scottish philosopher and mathematician) (Presenter, Person)
- Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) (Presenter, Person)
- Dalzel, Andrew, 1742-1806 (Professor of Greek and Honorary Librarian, University of Edinburgh) (Presenter, Person)
- 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
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk