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Outlines of Mechanical Philosophy (notes taken at lectures given by John Robison)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1370
Scope and Contents
Heavily annotated Outlines of Mechanical Philosophy with inserts, bearing extensive manual revisions from as late as 1803.
Dates:
1780-1803
Papers and slides of Rev. George Hastie, Edinburgh University former student
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1946
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of the lectures notes, photographs and slides of Rev. George Hastie, student at the University of Edinburg in the late 1960s. The lecture notes were taken by Hastie for his MA course at Edinburgh Univertsity between 1967 and 1970. The slides show photographs taken by Hastie in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Also includes a rectorial election leaflet entitled 'The Making of a Rector', printed for the Tom Hutton Campaign in 1968.1. The lecture notes include a complete set...
Dates:
1966-1970
Papers Illustrative of the History and Constitution of the University of Edinburgh
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2114
Dates:
1611-1742
Papers of Conrad Hal Waddington
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-41
Scope and Contents
Contains:
laboratory notebooks and bundles of research notes, including many from Waddington's early years of research in Cambridge in the 1930s;
manuscripts, typescripts and related correspondence, including draft manuscripts of New Patterns in Genetics and Development and Principes of Development and Differentiation, and...
Dates:
1923-1976
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 ...
Dates:
1652-1706
Papers of Dr. Asta Winifred Russell Moller
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-327
Identifier: Coll-1832
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the personal papers of Dr. Asta Moller, B Litt and D Phil (University of Oxford), MA (University of Edinburgh), who made a substantial contribution to knowledge by her researches into the history of the coal industry. The collection contains:
Examination papers in Arts and Science - Danish 1 and 2, March 1916
Honours' class examination paper in Political...
Dates:
1916-1981
Papers of Dr. E. W. M. Balfour-Melville
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-88
Scope and Contents
The papers of Evan Whyte Melville Balfour-Melville reflect his academic, public, and private interests. There are many bundles of notes both in manuscript and typescript; notebooks; and, correspondence. There are Edinburgh University examination papers; Heriot-Watt Minutes from the 1960s; and, Edinburgh Corporation Education Committee Minutes from the 1960s. The papers also include census material; records of persons placed on probation; material relating to the Historical Association of...
Dates:
circa 1910-1962
Papers of Dr. John Walker
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-205
Scope and Contents
[to be completed]
Dates:
1731-1803
Papers of Flora Philip
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1672
Scope and Contents
Diploma, Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1889)
Certificate, Practical Efficiency in Teaching, University of Cambridge (1889)
Certificate, Theory, History and Practice of Teaching, University of Cambridge (1889)
Degree certificate, MA, University of Edinburgh (1893)
Photograph of the three surviving 1893 women...
Dates:
1889-1943
Papers of Geoffrey Beale, founder of malaria genetics and Royal Society professor
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1255
Scope and Contents
Contains: Coll-1255/1: family and personal papers; Coll-1255/2: correspondence with individual scientists, including students and collaborators; Coll-1255/3: correspondence regarding Beale's publications, including press cuttings; Coll-1255/4: professional correspondence, including applications for positions, army service and early career; Coll-1255/5: notebooks and diaries, chiefly concerning experiments; Coll-1255/6:...
Dates:
1876-2003