Edinburgh -- Scotland
Found in 838 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society
The records of the Wernerian Natural History Society consist of:
- 2 volumes of Minute Books (January 1808-April 1858)
Rector, 1865-2003
Remedy for tinneas tuiteamas [epilepsy] and accompanying story, 1887
Remedy for tinneas tuiteamas or epilepsy in which a cockerel is buried alive with its feet tied together and three sixpences and a cairn built over the top. Says that girls from 2, Glen Street, Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann] say that they saw this done in Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ròs is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty], and that a hole was dug but nettles grew there every year despite tilling the ground.
Report on the Argyle Brewery Site, 1973
Reports by Ian G Lindsay & Partners into the history of the disused Argyle Brewery site and a development proposal for student housing on the site. The reports were produced as part of the plans for redevelopment of areas around Chambers Street by the University of Edinburgh.
Rotation, Philosphy, c1780-c1803
Volume contains lecture notes, with only one or two diagrams, of the physics of rotating bodies, and of the nature of physics itself.
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 1962
Royal Scottish Museum plans, 1925-1957
Papers copies of the original linen floor plans (60cm x 84cm) for the ground, first floor and roof of the Royal Scottish Museum in Chambers Street in Edinburgh. An elevation to Chambers Street, along with a cross-section are also included.
S. C. Campbell's drawing book showing sketches of Edinburgh, 1833-1835
Saying about the bird 'Corr-thon-du[bh]' [crane], 24 June 1887
Saying about the bird 'Corr-thon-du[bh]' [crane] collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann which reads 'Corra-thon-du[bh] = Magadh air a chuile ean san ealtan - S i mag[adh] air a chuil[e] ian.' Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Scenic drawings of plans for Edinburgh's Grassmarket, 1963
2 coloured architectural scenic drawings (46cm x 73cm) by Alexander Duncan Bell, for the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning, showing a possible ring-road development and pedestrian areas in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh. The drawings depict traffic, pedestrians, current architecture and modern architecture coexisting. There are also 2 black and white photographic prints of each drawing (13cm x 21cm).