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Edinburgh -- Scotland

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 833 Collections and/or Records:

George Square Redevelopment: plans and drawings for Edinburgh University Main Library and Liverpool University Library, 1960-1967

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.8
Scope and Contents George Square Redevelopment: plans and drawings for Edinburgh University Main Library and Liverpool University Library consists of: set of plans, by Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson, entitled "University Library" consists of 12 plans and 5 elevations, mostly at 1/16 scale. There are 5 different versions of the site plan, floor plans for the lower ground, ground and second floor, 2 different...
Dates: 1960-1967

George Square Redevelopment: plans: Faculty of Science, 1963

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.7
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3 copy pencil perspective drawings (38cm x 58cm) of the proposed University of Edinburgh Science Faculty Buildings, for 1st year students, at George Square in Edinburgh. These buildings were never constructed. One has pencil annotations of calculations.

Dates: 1963

George Square Redevelopment: plans: landscape and streetscape, 1964-1965

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.6
Scope and Contents Set of plans by Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates relating to the landscape and streetscape details of the development of the George Square area by the University of Edinburgh. The plans include: George Square Gardens: a large scale, hand coloured base layout of George Square Gardens (42cm x 60cm) University of Edinburgh: George Square area: treatment of south and east sides of the...
Dates: 1964-1965

George Square Redevelopment: plans: University of Edinburgh - preliminary layout of George Square, February 1955

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.11
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1 copy of a layout plan (62cm x 75cm) by Sir Basil Spence showing the proposed layout for the George Square area of the University of Edinburgh at approximately 1:2500 scale. The plan includes the library, medical school, student's union and chapel.

Dates: February 1955

George Square redevelopment: reports, 1960-1973

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.3
Scope and Contents 5 reports concerning proposals for the redevelopment of George Square by the University of Edinburgh. Included is the 1963 proposal for the whole of George Square, by Percy Johnson-Marshall, in his capacity as Planning Consultant to the University. Original photographs of scenic drawings by Alexander Duncan Bell and an architectural model, used as illustrations for this report, are included. Other reports are: proposals for disabled access by Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates, and...
Dates: 1960-1973

Graduates in Agriculture, March 1914, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/301
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Photograph of eleven men who were graduates in agriculture in March 1914 from the [University of Edinburgh]: D.R. Sethi, J. Taylor, E.A. Bell, A.F. Watson, S.T.D. Wallace, P. Sanitwongse, J.C. Rae, A. McLean, J.W. Cassels, P. McConnell, and J.M. Murray.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Gravity, Measure of Forces, c1780-c1802

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Identifier: Coll-204/9
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Notes in English, with occasional Russian headings, in basic physics like 'impulsion' and the measurement of forces. There are one or two mechanical sketches.

Dates: c1780-c1802

Handmade Christmas card from Thomson's students, Dec 1950

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/22
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes letters to and about Thomson regarding his life, work, and career from a variety of correspondents including Karl Pearson, Egon Pearson, Edward Lee Thorndike, Sir James Duff, Carlos Paton Blacker, David Glass, and Derrick Lawley.

Dates: Dec 1950

Heriot-Watt University facade photographs, c1973

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.1.5
Scope and Contents Large scale black and white photographic prints (maximum size 51cm x 60cm), which join together to show the full facade of the former Heriot-Watt University building in Chambers Street in Edinburgh. The adjacent Bank of Scotland, former dental hospital and Minto Street are also included. The statue of James Watt, later removed to the new Heriot-Watt University campus can be seen in situ as can busts of the founders of Heriot-Watt University: George Heriot and Leonard Horner. Some of the...
Dates: c1973

Hydraulics, c1780-c1802

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Identifier: Coll-204/5
Scope and Contents

Volume contains lectures in hydraulics, with diagrams of such things as pistons, undulation, and the Venturi effect. Some chapter headings are in Cyrillic cursive.

Dates: c1780-c1802