Notebooks

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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.

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Notebook written by the Rev Charles Robertson containing a glossary to Rob Don's songs.

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Paper notebook containing notes on Newman's 'Grammar of Assent' and lectures on Theology. The writer is unknown.

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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.

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Notebook titled 'Inheritance - abstracts etc' and inscribed 'A.D Darbishire'. Contains handwritten notes, apparently from Darbishire's reading. From the inscriptions in the notebook, it can be dated from Darbishire's time as a Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy at the University Museum, Oxford from late 1901-1902.

Accompanied by a note in an unknown hand reading 'Notes made by Arthur Darbishire on his readings in genetics at some time between 1902 and 1910'.

Scope and Contents Collection of poems and tales. Includes 15 poems headed 'Duaran agus Coll', 'A' Mhuireartach', 'Suire Osein', 'Bran', 'Mo Raothain', 'Laoidh an Amadain Mhoir', 'Na h-Airm', 'Bas Choirill', 'Bardachd Oisin', 'Togail Toireachd na Muireartach', 'Bas Dhiarmaid', 'Bas Oscar' and 'Laoidh na Nighne' (note that there is an error on the numbering of the pages before this poem). The notebook also includes the story of 'Mac Righ na Greige', extracts from 'Manus agus Cath Righ na Sorcha', and two Gaelic...

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Notebook containing Gaelic riddles; newspaper cuttings; idiomatic phrases; guidheachan; anecdotes about fairies, mermaids; the Bean-nighe [Washing-woman], an t-Each Uisage [Water horse], Uilleam-dean-suidhe [William be seated], etc.

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Contains notebooks from Beale's early research at the John Innes Horticultural Institution (as it was then known), his period at Indiana University, Bloomington and career within the Institute of Animal Genetics. The notebooks chiefly contain daily logs of experiments with Paramecium, Euplotes and other material as well as notes from reading and research.

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Contains personal diaries, notes relating to animal maintenance, breeding and selling breeding, a visitors' book and address books. Some items are undated.

Scope and Contents Set of four notebooks containing commentaries on the Scriptures by George Graham, in a black box with the title 'Light from a Grandfather'. On the inside of the box is a note reading: 'This Volume prepared for my dear Grandson Charles William Graham In assurance that the God and Father herein magnified, will be his Everlasting Portion. George Graham.'Also includes a printed book with annotations and inserts by George Graham and ensclosed newspaper clipping. The book, entitled...