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24 drawings of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects by James Tait Black
250th Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin
The material is composed of: copies of 24 articles by the United States Information Service (USIS) on Benjamin Franklin, his life and work; 8 off-prints and articles on Franklin produced by The Franklin Institute; and, 37 accompanying photographs (attached to USIS material) with captions.
1950s study on the assimilation of African and West Indian students in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge
This thesis of 296 pages was probably written in the mid- to late-1950s and is written in language that reflects the period. It features a bibliography of works from between 1902 and 1954, and the work is concerned with the black community and assimilation within the 'bluebrick universities' of Oxford and Cambridge.
‘A commentary or Dissertation upon the words of the institution of the sacrament of the Lords Supper…’ by Albert Munro (fl.1757)
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‘A compilement of Lamentations specially formed for the churches indifferent use on mourneful occasions’
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A Law: notes from lectures on Chemistry by Joseph Black
The lectures on chemistry by Joseph Black consist of:
- 3 volumes of lecture notes (1775)
‘A Meditation occasion’d by the earthquake, at London…’ and ‘Thoughts on the Last Judgment…’
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Abstract of Journal of William Henry Playfair
Account of a trip to the Western Isles and St. Kilda
Manuscript account of a 'Pedestrian tour round the west coast of Scotland in 1849', in August of that year, followed by an account of a 'Trip aboard the Free Kirk Breadalbane yacht with 3 ministers to St. Kilda, Staffa, and back' in 1850.
The volume has inserted a monochromatically tinted sketch of St. Kilda
Account of a voyage to New South Wales on the ‘Neptune’ by James Mitchell (1792- ), ship’s surgeon
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