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Vol 1 : queries and hints in 20 vols.

Item is the first volume of a journal created by James Dinwiddie while he was in Ireland and Northern Ireland in 1779-1780. This volume contains scientific queries numbered 1-123 with additional notes and observations in the end pages.

Vol. 6 [Queries and Hints]

Item is volume 6 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 795-1000, created by James Dinwiddie in April 1787 while he was in London.

Queries and hints, vol. 9

Item is volume 9 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1287-1721, created by James Dinwiddie in November 1788 while in London.

Queries and hints, vol. 10

Item is volume 10 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1722-1895 and headings including metallurgy, mathematics and agriculture.

Vol. 11 [Queries and Hints]

Item is volume 11 James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1896-1972 and headings including manufacturers, metallurgy and mechanics.

Queries and hints, vol. 12

Item is volume 12 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1973 -2081 and headings including agriculture, chemistry and engineering.

Popery condemned by the scripture and the fathers

Item is a microform copy of Thomas McCulloch's book "Popery condemned by the scripture and the fathers : being a refutation of the principal popish doctrines and assertions maintained in the remarks on the Rev. Mr. Stanser's examination of the Rev. Mr. Burke's letters of instruction to the Catholic missionaries of Nova Scotia and in the reply to Rev. Mr. Cochran's fifth and last letter to Mr. Burke, etc."

Notes on lectures at the Royal Institution

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie from December 22, 1808 - March 11, 1809 containing his notes on lectures at the Royal Institution on topics including orbits of the sun and moon, the state of science prior to Isaac Newton, and chemical attraction.

Notes on H. Davy's lectures, Royal Institution, 17 Dec 1808

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (17 December 1808 - 3 June 1809) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including the decomposition of acids and alkalis by electricity, metals and potassium.

Royal Institution notes, 20 Dec 1809

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing his notes on lectures at the Royal Institution (December 20, 1809-April 19, 1810), which include lectures given by Dalton.

Popery again condemned by scripture and the fathers

Item is a microform copy of Thomas McCulloch's book, "Popery again condemned by scripture and the fathers : being a reply to a part of the popish doctrines and assertions contained on the refutation, and in the review of Dr. Cochran's letters, by the Rev. Edmund Burke, V.G. Que."

Vol. 2, Scientific Institution, 1810

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Singer's lectures (January 12 - June 18, 1810) on topics in chemistry, including experiments, chemical properties of air and electricity.

Scotch lottery

Item is a description of a Scotch lottery held in Dumfries, Scotland, for the benefit of the inhabitants.

Notes on Davy's lectures, Royal Inst., 9 Feb 1811

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (8 February 1911 - 3 April 1811) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including voltaic electricity, uses of potassium and sodium, and oxygen.

Journal, 23 September 1811, London

Item is a journal kept by Dinwiddie from September 23, 1811 to January 17, 1812, during which time he lived in London. The first page is inscribed "land log book as formerly," and the entries are dominated by details about the weather.

Journal, 1836

Item is the beginning of W.J. Proudfoot's journal of the first part of his journey to America, with entries from June 1-6, 1836, in which he describes his days in Liverpool waiting for the Corinthian to sail.

Lewis Jack's lecture notes on moral philosophy

  • MS-2-94, SF Box 23, Folder 1
  • Item
  • 1838-1839
Item is a bound book of lecture notes written as a series of consecutively numbered questions and answers on moral philosophy. The book was written during the 1838-1839 session of Professor Hercules Scott's lectures and contains 125 closely written pages.

Jack, Lewis, The Reverend, 1815-1901

James Dinwiddie's notebook

Item is a journal containing lists of materials, expenses and books, and well as miscellaneous notes and diary entries, including copies made by W.J. Proudfoot in 1841 of earlier pencilled notes by Dinwiddie, and a loose letter from Mr Ashton requesting the loan of a book.

Letter from Thomas McCulloch to the Senate of the University of Edinburgh

Item is a letter concerning Thomas McCulloch's donation of a North American insect specimen (from Nova Scotia) to the University of Edinburgh, via Professor Jameson, for the university's museum. The letter discusses Nova Scotia's Scottish connections, Presbyterian religion, the Pictou Academy, and the advocates for the conference of honorary degrees on the Honourable Sampson Salter Blowers, the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia; the Honourable James Stewart; and the Honourable Brenton Halyburton.

Daniel McNeil Parker fonds

  • MS-13-31
  • Fonds
  • 1842-1846
Fonds consists of student tickets and certificates from the University of Edinburgh. Several obituaries from different sources are located in the case file.

Parker, Daniel McNeil

Letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin

  • MS-2-74, SF Box 18, Folder 24
  • File
  • 1854-1855
File consists of four letters from Alfred Austin to Stephen Tobin. Austin was Tobin's schoolmate at Stonyhurst College from 1849-1852 and later served as Poet Laureate of England (1896-1913).

Austin, Alfred

A student's letters, number 1 / A.P. Reid : [facsimile]

Item consists of a facsimile of a letter submitted by A.P. Reid to the July 1857 issue of The Medical Chronicle (Montreal monthly journal of medicine & surgery) (Vol. 5, No. 2), dated May 29th, 1857, discussing life as a medical student in London.
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