Mathematics
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Explanation of Symbols, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/18
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on the symbology of mathematics and engineering, followed by miscellanea on dymanics ('wheel carriages' being a special topic). There are some minor diagrams, and some of the terms are glossed with Russian.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
Fluxions, c1780-c1808
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/20
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on the calculus.
Dates:
c1780-c1808
Folio B, c1669-c1708
Series — Box Dk.1.2: Series Coll-33/Quarto A; Series Coll-33/Folio B; Series Coll-33/Folio D; Series Coll-33/Folio E
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio B
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Gregory consist of:
Most of the scientific content of Folio B comes from early in Gregory's career. It includes an index of later letters of John Collins (1625-1683) to James Gregorie (1638-1675), a number of Edinburgh lectures in geometry, mechanics, and optics, and some tables and manuscript pieces of 'Elementa Catoptricae et Dioptricae', the 'Institutes of Astronomy', and the...
Dates:
c1669-c1708
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research, 1896-1979
Sub-subfonds
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1
Scope and Contents
Material regarding the Moray House Tests, c1920s-1970s;
Northumberland Mental Tests, c1920s;
Sample tests, 1920-1987;
Testing Samples, United States, c1920s-1950s;
Publications, 1896-c1978;
Godfrey Thomson, c1930s-1947;
Correspondence...
Dates:
1896-1979
Quarto A, c1680-c1708
Series — Box Dk.1.2: Series Coll-33/Quarto A; Series Coll-33/Folio B; Series Coll-33/Folio D; Series Coll-33/Folio E
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A
Scope and Contents
The papers of David Gregory in Quarto A consist of:
107 manuscript papers and an index, relating to: theoretical physics, including optics, especially treatises on refraction and colour, on mechanics, specifically on velocity, gravitation, centrifugal and centripetal force, and the movement of solids through fluid, and an occasional thought on magnetic attraction. Applied physics, considering ships,...
Dates:
c1680-c1708
University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: buildings plans, 1951-1978
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/D/5
Scope and Contents
The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: buildings plans consists of:
plans: proposed car park plans, (1971
plans: College of Agriculture, (1954-1974)
plans: King's Buildings Centre, (1964-1973)
plans: Maths / Physics Institute, (1965-1975)
plans: zoology building, (1959-1973
plans: department of animal...
Dates:
1951-1978
University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: Maths / Physics Institute, 1965-1975
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/D/5.4
Scope and Contents
11 copy architectural plans (73cm x 111cm) for the Maths /Physics Institute at the University of Edinburgh King's Buildings. The plans are designed by the architects Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson and consist of a site plan, a grounds plan and floor plans all at 1/16" to 1' scale, and elevations and sections all 1/4" to 1' scale. .
Dates:
1965-1975
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development
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University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: buildings plans