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Water

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

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Story about a herd preventing cattle from swimming away, March 1874

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/83
Scope and Contents

Story about a herd who when he went to collect some cattle and when he whistled for them they came down to the beach and three cows and their three calves started swimming towards Ceilegary [Ceileagraigh/Killegray]. He managed to stop the last cow and her limping calf by throwing 'lan a chroighl[e]' [possibly creel] into the pool in which they were standing.

Dates: March 1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

The Dugla or Basket Water-Lift. Two Men Working at a Time, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1095
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two Indian men using a dugla or basket water-lift from a river while two other men watch. Part of the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, 1902.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Vocabulary relating to water, vegetation and fish, 31 May 1877

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/74
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary probably picked up on Carmichael's trip to Siolaigh [Shillay, Caolas na Hearadh/Sound of Harris] including words for a shallow creek, moss and fish gills.

Dates: 31 May 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Water balance of the hen during egg formation, 1975

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/3/994
Scope and Contents

Located in Poultry Research Centre Staff Papers 1975.

Dates: 1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Poultry Research Centre

Water most valuable - and cheapest - food for poultry, 17 December 1959

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/3/158
Scope and Contents

Located in Poultry Research Centre Staff Papers 1958-61.

Dates: 17 December 1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Poultry Research Centre

Water-Table in Drained and Undrained Land, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1364
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a plant's root system in a water-table in drained and un drained land.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

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