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Inventions

 Subject

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

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

A practical view of an invention for the better protecting bank-notes against forgery; illustrated by various specimens, 1820

 Item
Identifier: Coll-244/2/3
Scope and Contents

Printed book, A practical view of an invention for the better protecting bank-notes against forgery ; illustrated by various specimens. by John Holt Ibbetson.

Dates: 1820
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir John Graham Dalyell / Printed Books

Letter from Patrick Wilson to Joseph Black, 21 April 1781

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/105-106
Scope and Contents

Letter from Patrick Wilson to Joseph Black about James Watt's copying machine and other matters.

Dates: 21 April 1781
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Proverb which reads 'Is fearr innleachd no amirst', 1894

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/142
Scope and Contents

Proverb which reads 'Is fearr innleachd no amirst. Ingenuity is better than [-]' [possibly Thig innleachd ri aimbeart. Ingenuity breeds want].

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

'Radar love' on horizon for gays (The Scotsman), 25 Feb 2000

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Identifier: GD61/11/2/4/167
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 25 Feb 2000
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings