Ships

Lascars, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1116

Scope and Contents

Photograph of three Indian lascars (sailors or militia men), on board a ship in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Lusitania, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2967

Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Cunard Line's 4-day steamship, "Lusitania", on the water in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Lusitania Taking the Water, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2969

Scope and Contents

Photograph of the steamship, Lusitania, in the docks being pushed out into the water in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London and the Mauretania, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2970

Scope and Contents

Photograph comparing the size of the steamship, Mauretania to Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Notanda D.J. phys. et math. Lond: Martio 1693 cum Fatio, 31 March 1693

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [37]

Scope and Contents Notes to an extended conversation with Fatio de Duillier, fellow enthusiast of Newtonian science at Oxford, and especially important to Gregory between December 1691 and May 1694, when he was cut off from direct contact with Sir Isaac Newton, whom he had offended in a published commentary on his 'abrumpent' mathematical series. Topics include magnetic attraction, refraction and colour, and movement of solids through fluid, with anecdotal remarks by de Duiller about ships, tides, and the...

Dates: 31 March 1693

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

Notebook No.120, 2 September 1845-14 September 1845

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/120

Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from Sept 2nd to 14th, 1845 and is noted at the front as being written while in London and aboard the Steamship Britannia. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 109-113 and two unnumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink. The Steamship Britannia refers to the Cunard Line's RMS Britannia, which began her first regular passenger and cargo service in 1840, sailing from Liverpool to Boston. ...

Dates: 2 September 1845-14 September 1845

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Private Official Letter Book of the Leith Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Co., 1901-1909

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Identifier: Coll-1383/2/10

Scope and Contents Correspondence of James Currie (Manager of Leith Hull and Hamburg - nephew to Sir Donald Currie). Mainly dealing with finances, insurance claims, valuation and de-valuation of fleet. List of ships owned on p.203. 1901 pp.1-68 1902 pp. 70-277 1903 pp. 280-455 1904 pp. 457-575 1905 pp.577-669 1906 pp. 670-809 ...

Dates: 1901-1909