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Engineering notes of Dr. Russell A. Leather, Edinburgh University student, graduating 1952

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1421
Scope and Contents The content of the 1st and 2nd year engineering note-books (laboratory books) of Dr. Russell A. Leather reflect the wide approach in studies which covered mechanical devices, steel structures and electrical technology. The books include graphwork, drawings, and photographs of late-1940s laboratory equipment at Kings Buildings (1948-1949). Photographs feature the 'Riehle' testing machine', the 'Adie' cement testing machine, a torsion testing machine, the 'Ambler' compression machine, the...
Dates: 1948-1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

English translation of Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqī's work by H. Comyn Maitland

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1916
Scope and Contents

Tentative English translation by H. Comyn Maitland of parts of the Tārīkh-i Masʿūdī (تاریخ مسعودی, Mas'udi's History) by Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqī, 450-451 A.H. (ca 1058-1060 AD).

Dates: First half of 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

English Translation of "De jure requi apud Scotos" by George Buchanan

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.5.24
Identifier: Coll-2200
Scope and Contents

Buchanan, George. "De jure requi apud Scotos", English translation.

Dates: c 1579
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Engraving by Nuria Quevedo as frontispeice in 'Aussichtsreiche Randfiguren : Aufsaetze'

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1116
Scope and Contents The engraving was held loose in the Edinburgh University Library copy ofAussichtsreiche Randfiguren ; Aufsaetzeby Eva Kaufmann, 2000, shelfmark KMP 827 (Special Collections), a work which forms part of the Karin Macpherson acquisition of literature and literary criticism from the former German Democratic Republic (DDR/GDR). The same engraving forms the frontispiece toAussichtsreiche Randfiguren ; Aufsaetze. The engraving depicts a walking figure (female) set against sunlight, and...
Dates: 2000
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Entomology book by William E. Sharp: 'Collecting Days, No.3'

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1907
Scope and Contents

Book on entomology entitled 'Collecting days, no 3', by William E Sharp, created between 1909 and 1918.

Dates: 1909-1918
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Eric Olof Lundholm

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1055
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of black and white photographs taken in the 1940s, largely of archaeological sites in the Greece and the Middle East (Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Libya, Israel, Lebanon) but also of camps of the Royal Engineers in oil and water operations during the Second World War, and a selection of guide-books to the areas visited. The guide-books are these: Iraq: for issue to Officers...
Dates: 1938-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Essay written by George William Jones

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1261
Scope and Contents

The essay, manuscript, pp.32, entitled What is or what ought to be the meaning of Causation in the physical world? is dated 5 March 1900, and signed George W. Jones. On the cover is note: If lost / please return to / Geo. W. Jones / 52 North Bridge / Edinburgh / Reward

Dates: 1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Essays by John Ross MacDuff (1818-1895), minister of Sandyford

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MCD 4
Scope and Contents Manuscript notebook containing essays by John Ross Macduff on biblical topics and early church history. Each essay is titled, and most have an additional title page with stylised caligraphy. All of the essays are in the same hand, but some of the pencil annotations may be from another author.Contents:1. On the necessity of a divine revelation. 18 October 1833. 4 pages.2. On the genuineness and authenticity of the New Testament scripture. October 1833. 4...
Dates: 1833-1834
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Essays by Rev James Drummond (c.1805-1867), minister of Irvine Relief Church

 Collection
Identifier: MS DRU 3
Scope and Contents

Essays for the Relief Divinity Hall by James Drummond, Minister of Irvine Relief Church, 1841. Octavo volume with 133 leaves.

Interleaved with a biographical note from 1949 by Rev. Robert J. Drummond, donor of the item and grandson of the author. "Exercises usually prescribed in the fourth year of a student for the ministry in the Relief Church"

Dates: Majority of material found within 1841
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Ethel Miller

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1/142
Scope and Contents

Nursing certificate, loose photographs, and autograph album.

Dates: 1915 - 1919
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

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Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
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Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 4
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University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
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Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (English military and political leader) 3
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Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 3
East India Company (1600-1874) 3
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Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (Scottish historian and philosopher) 3
Grant, John, fl 1955 (Bookseller) 3
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 3
Hood, Helen Patuffa, 1889-1967 (harpist) 3
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
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Kendall, Sheena Lilian Grant, 1883-1974 (composer) 3
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Laws, Robert, 1851-1934 (Scottish missionary) 3
Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 3
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 3
London Missionary Society 3
Love , John, Rev Dr, 1757-1825 (Church of Scotland minister ) 3
MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746 (mathematician) 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3
Muir, Willa, 1890-1970 (novelist, essayist and translator) 3
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 3
Simpson, Sir James Young, 1811-1870 (Professor of Midwifery, University of Edinburgh) 3
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger, 1837-1900 (Physician, President of the BMA) 3