Academic Libraries
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Observata et Dicta ... cum Huygeno Junio 1693, 30 June 1693
Remarks en passant about library volumes in history and physics seen in Leiden. A longer passage follows: notes to a conversation with Christiaan Huygens, critiquing Sir Isaac Newton's notions of absolute motion and the propagation of light. Huygens also says that John Flamsteed ought to declare for the absolute speed of light, and that this should persuade Jean Dominique Cassini.
Plans: National Library of Scotland feasibility studies, c1971-1973
University of Edinburgh CDA: Faculty of Medicine, 1973-1977
University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: King's Buildings central facilities, 1964
18 copy plans (67cm x 75cm) of revised ideas for central facilities at the University of Edinburgh King's Buildings, including the science library, faculty office and refectory. The architect is Michael Laird and Partners. There are 6 plans and sections for the refectory all at 1/16" to 1' scale and floor plans, sections and elevations of the science library and faculty office, also at 1/16" to 1' scale.
University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: King's Buildings Centre, 1964-1973
5 sets of copy drawings relating to the design and construction of the University of Edinburgh King's Buildings Centre which was to house the science library, the faculty office and the refectory. These include architectural plans for different phases of the building, designed by Michael Laird and Partners, site plans and suggested finishes for the areas surrounding the buildings by Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates.
University of Edinburgh: Medical School extension, 1968-c1976
University of Edinburgh Medical School extension consists of:
- architectural model and photographs of the model, (c1976)
- development reports, (c1976)
- plans, (1960-1965)
- construction photographs, (1968-1970)