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Class notes - Lectures on Agriculture and Entemology, given by Professor Wallace and Dr. Fream
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1283
Scope and Contents
This volume in typescript contains careful notes on these two series of lectures at the University of Edinburgh. The first series, by Professor Robert Wallace (1853-1939), Chair of Agriculture, covers dairying, with extensive coverage of the different types of cheese and their production. The second, by Dr. William Fream, covers agricultural entomology, essentially the varieties of pests that attack crops. There are ink drawings throughout. Spine-title and title-page both indicate...
Dates:
1905-1906
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 'Olsen'...
Dates:
1948-1950
Law notes of Professor Hector MacQueen
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1256
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of lecture notes, essays, copies of cases, copies of exam papers, off-prints and other material relating to the following courses (and course components) offered by the then Faculty of Law, Edinburgh University:
History of Scots Law
Scottish Legal System
Scots Law I and II
Conduct of Proof / Inquiry
Contract
...
Dates:
1974-1979
Lecture notes of John R. Barclay, student 1946-1950
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1401
Scope and Contents
2 notebooks which are:
1 x MS notes on Meteorology, noted on fore-pages with 'John R. Barclay' with address in Edinburgh, and '1948'. The notes were taken from the lectures of James Paton during 1947-1948.
1 x MS notes on Biblical Studies 1950-1951, noted on fore-pages with 'John R. Barclay' with address in Edinburgh. The notes were taken from the lectures of Rev. Dr. D.M.G. Stalker and from...
Dates:
1947-1951
Lecture notes on Midwifery (Professor Thomas Young, 1726-1783), taken down by James Johnson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1254
Scope and Contents
The material consists of Young's Lectures - spine title - being lectures on Midwifery given by Professor Thomas Young. It is dated July 1775. The introductory page notes the content as Lectures on Midwifery by Thos. Young. Professor of Midwifery in Edinburgh. The inside front board has bookplate noted as: James Johnson / Student at Edinburgh. Another notes in ink that the item was: Presented to the Library by Christopher Johnson....
Dates:
1774-1775
Lecture notes on Midwifery (Professor Thomas Young, 1726-1783), taken down by person unknown
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1253
Scope and Contents
The material consists of Young's Midwifery - spine title - being lectures on Midwifery given by Professor Thomas Young. There is no identifiable date. The introductory page notes the content as Lectures on Midwifery by Thos. Young M.D. Professor of Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh There are two volumes, with Volume 1 containing 403 pp. numbered and a contents list, and Volume 2 containing 409 pp. numbered. There...
Dates:
1756-1783
Lecture notes on Midwifery (Professor Thomas Young, 1726-1783), taken down by person unknown
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1252
Scope and Contents
The material consists of Young's Midwifery - spine title - being lectures on Midwifery given by Professor Thomas Young. There is no identifiable date. The introductory page notes the content as Dr. Young's Theory and Practice of Midwifery
There are 338 pp. relating to the subject, and a contents list at rear.
There is no indication of the name of the note-taking student.
There are 338 pp. relating to the subject, and a contents list at rear.
There is no indication of the name of the note-taking student.
Dates:
1756-1783
Notes of lectures given by Alexander Monro (secundus), taken down by unknown person(s)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1325
Scope and Contents
This volume of notes is based on Monro's surgical lectures at Edinburgh Medical School, 1774-1775. The manuscript lectures are sub-headed Lectures 1-13 and are in two distinct hands - the first two lectures in one, and the rest in another. The paper is watermarked with a crown and the initials GR, undated, but this L.V.Gerrevink paper commonly used throughout much of the 18th century. Both hands are clear and legible, with just a few corrections, and occasional additions written on the verso of...
Dates:
1774-1775
Notes of lectures given by Dr. E. B. Jamieson
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-999
Identifier: Coll-1350
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two volumes of manuscript notes from the classes of 'Regional Anatomy', 1934-1935, and numbered Volume II and Volume III:
- - Volume II is concerned with the 'Thorax and brain'
- - Volume III is concerned with the 'Head and neck'
Dates:
1934-1935
Notes of Lectures of Professor Crum Brown, taken down by George Burns
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1251
Scope and Contents
The two volumes forming the collection contain a set of notes on Professor Crum Brown's lectures taken in Winter Session 1892-3 by George Burns (then residing in Grange Road, Edinburgh), in a clear and legible hand. The volumes are labelled on first pages as; Chemistry 1; and, Chemistry 2. They are stamped on the spine as 'Note Book' and on the front boards with the University badge.
Dates:
1892-1893
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- Cowe, William Rolland Scott, 1915-1987 (surgeon and physician) 1
- Dundas, David John Wauchope, 1886-1938 1
- Fream, William, Professor, 1854?1906 (professor of natural history ) 1
- Jamieson, Edward Bald, fl 1900 (Lecturer in Anatomy, Edinburgh University) 1
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- Kennedy, Gilbert, Dr., 1916-2000 (cancer research scientist; musician) 1
- Leather, Russell A., Dr., b. 1924 (electrical engineer, former Chair of Gannochy Trust) 1
- MacQueen, Frances M., fl. 1975-1979 (civil servant) 1
- MacQueen, Hector L., Professor, fl. 1975-1979 (professor of private law) 1
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