Meteorology

Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith, 1863-1900

Sub-Series

Identifier: Coll-74/12/19

Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith sub-series consists of:

34 letters, alphabetically arranged (1863/1900)

Dates: 1863-1900

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Incomplete letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black, c1783

Item

Identifier: Coll-16/I/149-156

Scope and Contents

Incomplete letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black about meteorology and with references to Benjamin Franklin.

Dates: c1783

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

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...

Dates: 1947-1951

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Minutes, 12 January 1808-16 April 1858

Series

Identifier: Coll-206/1

Scope and Contents

details of the constitution of the society
minutes concerning the scientific papers read at society meetings
minutes concerning membership applications and acceptances by the society
minutes concerning business matters of the society

Dates: 12 January 1808-16 April 1858

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society

Note about Bo na cille [Bodha na Cille] being 'a good barometer', November 1873

Item

Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/27

Scope and Contents

Note about Bo na cille [Bodha na Cille, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] being 'a good barometer for bad weath[er] [as] the sea 'a croiceadh' [branching out] up from it before a gale tho[ugh] the rest of the sea be calm'. There is also a description of the amount of water over the ruins and their dimensions 'ab[ou]t 30 f[ee]t x 30'...with a smal[l] bit connect[ed]..16 fath[oms] deep at low water'.

Dates: November 1873

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Notes from lectures on climate, geology and zoology given by Robert Jameson

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1372

Scope and Contents

2 volumes of approximately 180 pages each: a careful transcription, with some diagrams, of lectures in climate, geology and zoology.

Both bear the book plate from the library of the Rev William Dansey, Rector of Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, though there is nothing to suggest Dansey had been a student of Jameson's

Dates: early 19th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of William Speirs Bruce

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-72

Scope and Contents The Papers of William Speirs Bruce consist of a substantial number of manuscripts and ephemera including pamphlets; notes and notebooks; annotated typescripts; annotated offprints; picture postcards; photographs; examination papers; sketch maps; diaries; press cuttings; correspondence; lists of specimens; book catalogues; soundings; lecture engagements; lectures; and, maps. The Papers handle a wide variety of subjects including the 'Balaena', fish and fisheries, Franz Josef Land, the...

Dates: 1892-1923

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections