Notebooks
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Chinese manuscript notebook, undated - possibly first half of 19th century
Small concertina notebook in Chinese, manuscript. Bought in an Oxfam bookshop for 3£. Could be a notebook kept by someone who was fitting out a ship for a voyage, or some similar occupation. The notebook has separate sets of ink and pencil Chinese characters, and so perhaps the book has been used for two separate projects. A few pages have what appear to be pencilled English translations of a few characters and occasional transcriptions in Arabic numerals.
Dictionary of Gaelic Etymologies, late 19th-early 20th century
Dictionary of Gaelic Etymologies bound up from 17 notebooks in January 1889.
Etymological Notes, 1890-1891
2 notebooks containing Etymological and Philological Notes by Alexander MacBain. Also included in notebook headed, 'Philological Notes', are a number of newspaper cuttings containing a report of the Hibbert Lectures, delivered by Professor Sir John Rhys (1840-1915) on 'The Origin and Growth of Religion as illustrated by Celtic Heathendom'.
Miscellaneous Notes by Rev Charles Robertson, late 19th-early 20th century
Notebook containing miscellaneous notes by the Reverend Charles Robertson. Contents include a list of Gaelic loan-words, notes on aspiration, eclipsis and phonetics, sources of information concerning old Gaelic beliefs and lists of grammatical stems.
Note of place, date and cost of purchase of notebook, 30 November 1864
Note of place, date and cost of purchase of notebook which reads 'Bought at St Columb, Cornwall, 30 Nov[ember] 1864 pr[ice] 2/3 A[lexander] A[rchibald] Carmichael.'
Notebook, late 19th-early 20th century
Notebook belonging to Alexander MacBain of Inverness. It contains newspaper cutting of articles, written by Alexander MacBain, entitled 'The Gaelic Language: A Historical Sketch', 'Celtic and Old Gaelic Literature' and 'Old Gaelic Saga and Ballad Literature'.
Notebook, late 19th-early 20th century
Notebook marked, 'Notes probably class lectures, chiefly linguistic, by Professor Mackinnon. The book was written by the Rev Charles Robertson when he was a student.
Notebook, late 19th-early 20th century
Notebook written by the Rev Charles Robertson containing a glossary to Rob Don's songs.
Notebook, late 19th-early 20th century
Paper notebook containing notes on Newman's 'Grammar of Assent' and lectures on Theology. The writer is unknown.
Notebook containing detailing various poultry experiments, 1925-1929, c.1929
The handwritten notebook details 22 experiments on poultry, including adrenalin injections and ovary and testis grafts, covering the period 1925-1929. Also present are some photographic inserts. The spine of the book bears the inscription 'Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here.'
The notebook is only partially filled.