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Natural History

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Louis Dufresne

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-198
Scope and Contents

The papers are composed of correspondence about the acquisition of Dufresne's natural history collection by the University of Edinburgh, 1818-1821. Some are undated.

Dates: 1818-1821
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Professor James Hartley Ashworth (1874-1936)

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-285
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of papers, notebooks of courses taken at Owens College, Manchester, 1892-1895, and diaries of visits to, for example Australia for meetings of the British Association, June-October 1914, and to Canada, USA, Cuba and Panama.

Dates: 1892-1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Sir John Graham Dalyell

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-244
Scope and Contents The papers consist of some 158 volumes of notebooks of manuscript notes and printed matter. The subjects of the notebooks are wide and varied: antiquities, superstitions, human society, tours, musical practice, natural history, rare and remarkable animals, properties of animals, terabella littoralis, ichthology, the will of the creator, the power of the creator, experiments and observations, punishments, and extracts from records. There are references and bibliographies too. The printed...
Dates: 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Sir William Jardine

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-253
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of correspondence about natural history, and journals, from around 1828 to 1861. More particularly there is: a journal of a visit to Ireland in the form of letters from Jardine to his wife, Dk.6.20/315; draft letters and replies on a variety of subjects; note; and, volume of offprints on natural history.

Dates: [ca. 1828-1861]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-206
Scope and Contents

The records of the Wernerian Natural History Society consist of:


  1. 2 volumes of Minute Books (January 1808-April 1858)
Dates: 1808-1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Volumes entitled "Essays and Experiments Concerning the Strength and the Cultivation of Timber" by George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2266
Scope and Contents

Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de. "Essays and Experiments Concerning the Strength and the Cultivation of Timber". 3 volumes. Edinburgh, 1814. French text on the left side of pages and English text on the right side. Discussion includes repetitive experiments of the strength of timbers such as oak, and what should be done to properly cultivate woods in soil.

Dates: 1814
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections