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Material relating to Thomas Archibald Campbell Brownlie B.Sc. (Engineering), Edinburgh 1935
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1329
Scope and Contents
Material from Edinburgh University period, 1930s:
- 6"-ruler - 'The Pupil's Own'
- University of Glasgow - Prelim' Exam' Papers on Arts, Science, Medicine - 1932
- Edinburgh University note-books - 1934 largely - Strength of materials; Field work lectures; Field work; Hydraulics; Drawing
- Class certificates - Edinburgh University, 1932-35 - Dynamics;...
Dates:
1928-1999
Material relating to Tours of Duty with Colonial Medical Service, in Sierra Leone and Solomon Islands
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1089
Scope and Contents
The main body of the collection is correspondence from Dr. James D. Macgregor to his family in Scotland (but also to/from others) from both Sierra Leone and the Solomon Islands. The letters are largely in aerogramme form but there are also letters in conventional form with the original stamped and franked envelopes, as well as illustrative postcards and occasional ephemera. The content of the correspondence is largely descriptive of the locations and the work involved there, and to a degree...
Dates:
1951-1975
Material relating to University Sailing club and University Regatta (Cameron Trophy)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1163
Scope and Contents
The material is collected together into several organised components covering years 1988-2007, and these include club business 1988-1996, 1996-1997 and 1997-2003, club handbooks and membership lists 1989-2004, Cameron Trophy bank statements 1987-1989, Cameron Trophy correspondence and accounts 1984-1995, 1995-1998, 1999-2003 and 2004-2007. The collection contains: letter and email correspondence, various newsletters includingSatisfactorily moist..., financial reports and balance sheets,...
Dates:
1984-2007
Material relating to William Baird, being 'Some principles of Arithmetique'
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1236
Scope and Contents
The manuscript forming the collection looks at Some principles of arithmetique containing all the parts thereof and the severall ways of working. The manuscript includes three parts: mathematics, law and astronomy. The notes and the exlibris inscription suggest that this volume, which is bound in contemporary calf, was the work of William Baird of Dysart - 'Ex libris Gulielmi Baird'. The first part, titled 'Some principles of arithmetique...
Dates:
1676
Material relating to William Black of Aberdeen
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-795
Scope and Contents
The material consists of the Physics courseIntroductio ad physicam specialem, in usum juventutis academicae conscripta1696, and a transcript in both Latin and English along with circa 20 copies of sketches.
Dates:
1693-1696
Material relating to William Thompson Hall
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1559, Folder: SC-Acc-2016-0129
Identifier: Coll-1773
Content Description
Material relating to William Thompson Hall being notebooks and jotting pad. The latter is a small notebook with notes on 'Reasoning'. Two larger notebooks contain notes on Arts topics and Chemistry.
Dates:
1864-1865
Material relating to William V. Stevens
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-13, Folder: Coll-1241 E87.56
Identifier: Coll-1241
Scope and Contents
The material includes:
copies of papers relating to a Complimentary Dinner held in February 1967 for the Rt. Rev. R. Leonard Small, OBE. DD. and these are composed of final arrangements, guest list, and note of the proceedings, as well as photographs and menu for the event.
a copy of a list of players in the Edinburgh University Association Football XI, 1925-1930, and a copy of...
Dates:
1967-1975
Mathematical archive of Professor Alexander Craig Aitken
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1529
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of mathematical mansucripts and the corrected manuscript, and correspondence around, the publication Gallipoli to the Somme: Recollections of a New Zealand Infantryman. It also contains off-prints and publications by Aitken, papers and correspondence relating to Aitken's work at Edinburgh University and letters to and from academics, family and friends, as well as letters of condolence addressed to Mrs. Aitken. There is also a quantity of...
Dates:
1910-1995
Mathematical Works by Edward Sang
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1001
Scope and Contents
The works of Edward Sang include 13 volumes of logarithms and 26 miscellaneous volumes on a variety of mathematical subjects including geometry and algebra, trigonometry, the theory of variables, driving belt calculations, and load-bearing calculations for the Forth Bridge. There is also a volume on The teeth of wheels.Evidence of Sang's surveying/civil engineering is shown in the plans of the policies of Mount Melville, 1818 (estate in Cameron,...
Dates:
before 1890
Matriculation of Arms: University of Edinburgh
Item — Box: EUA GD4; EUA CA10
Identifier: EUA CA10
Scope and Contents
Certificate awarding heraldic arms to the University of Edinburgh.
Dates:
1789