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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 course Introductio ad physicam specialem, in usum juventutis academicae conscripta 1696, and a recent transcript in both Latin and English along with circa 20 copies of sketches.
Dates:
1693-1696, 1985
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
Maurice Lindsay Papers
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-56
Scope and Contents
The Maurice Lindsay Papers contain poetry notebooks; drafts, manuscripts and typescripts; radio scripts; incoming correspondence and some carbon replies; articles by Lindsay; C.M. Grieve manuscripts; and, outgoing correspondence. Within the Maurice Lindsay Papers are up to three boxes containing private and personal letters (dated 1943-46) between Lindsay and his future wife and which are not available for general study until after the deaths of the writer and recipient without their express...
Dates:
1943-1977
MD Thesis entitled "An Essay Upon the Vasomotor Changes in Tabes Dorsalis" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Collection
Identifier: Coll-2288
Scope and Contents
MD Thesis entitled "An essay upon the vasomotor changes in Tabes Dorsalis" (title page: "An essay upon the vasomotor changes in Tabes Dorsalis and on the influence which is exerted by the sympathetic nervous system in that disease, being a thesis presented in the hope of obtaining the degree of the Doctorship of Medicine of the University of Edinburgh"), written by Arthur Conan Doyle M.B. C.M. in 1885.
Dates:
1885
Medals and Honours awarded to Sir George Taylor
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-939
Identifier: Coll-1257
Scope and Contents
The collection of Medals and Honours is composed of the following awards:
1 x Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh / German (Junior), Session 1911-1912, Awarded to Annie J. Whitson (bronze medal in presentation case, Alex'r Kirkwood and Son, Medalists, 9 St. James Square, Edinburgh)
1 x Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh / German (Intermediate), Session 1912-1913, Awarded to Annie J. Whitson...
Dates:
1911-1984