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Lecture Notes of John Robison
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-204
Scope and Contents
Lecture notes from the time when Robison was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. The notes embrace the sciences of mechanics, hydrodynamics, astronomy and optics, together with electricity and magnetism.
It is assumed that these are Robison's own notes but this has not been verified.
It is assumed that these are Robison's own notes but this has not been verified.
Dates:
c1779-c1801
Papers of David Gregory
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-33
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Gregory consist of:
bound manuscripts of mathematical and personal papers by both David Gregory and James Gregory
bound manuscripts Lectiones Mechanicae Sive Geometria de Motu parts 1-4 (1689-1690)
bound manuscripts of treatises on mathematics and astronomy (1683-1694)
bound manuscripts Notae in...
Dates:
1652-1706
Papers of Professor James Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-99
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Geikie consist of:
original lecture notes
reprints of scientific papers
correspondence relating to the publication of scientific papers
personal correspondence and photographs
a copy of The Great Ice Age and its Relation to the Antiquity of Man, (1877), 2nd ed with hand-written notes
...
Dates:
1872-1917
Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents
The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of:
personal, organisational and scientific correspondence
geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours
reprints of his work
miscellaneous lecture notes
student's lecture notes
lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston
proofs for...
Dates:
1851-1921
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-203
Scope and Contents
- 10 boxes of correspondence
- 2 boxes of miscellaneous papers and lecture notes
- 24 boxes of offprints of papers
- 294 notebooks
Dates:
1820-1874
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