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Edinburgh -- Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 254 Collections and/or Records:

University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee: Sub-committee and Working Party Papers, 1984-1985

 File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/2.4
Scope and Contents

Assorted papers relating to one sub-committees and two working parties of the University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee. These are: the Grounds Maintenance Sub-Committee, Upgrading of Old College Working Party and Working Party Considering Access to the Old College from West College Street

Dates: 1984-1985

University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee: subcommittee papers, 1972-1974

 File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/2.3
Scope and Contents

Contents of a personal file containing incomplete sets of University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee Sub-committee papers and related correspondence. The sub-committees represented are the Parking Sub-committee and the Grounds Maintenance Sub-committee. The file was closed in December 1974

Dates: 1972-1974

Untitled lecture given to members of staff of the University of Edinburgh, 1950

 File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/3/7
Scope and Contents The lecture comprises of Thomson's advice to new and inexperienced lecturers, and covers topics such as the audibility and clarity of the lecturer; the importance of the lecturer believing in what they are saying; the importance of engaging with the audience; effective use of blackboards, notes, diagrams, examples and models; and the use of humour. Thomson's humour is clear throughout. The advice he offers is actually very unusual for this time – Lawn et all describe it as ...
Dates: 1950

Varied Motions, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/14
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the geometry of motion, on materials science, and on astronomy; some jotted diagrams and tables attend.

Dates: c1780-c1803