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Queries and hints, vol. 3 new series or 21st old / J. Dinwiddie, LLD

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D17
Item
1797

Item is volume 3 of the "new series" (or volume 21 of the "old series") of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 171-471 and was written in Calcutta.

Queries and hints, vol 2nd new series / 20th old series

MS-2-726, Box 2, Folder 13
Item
1797

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 2 in the "new series" (volume 20 in the "old series") of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," written in Calcutta and containing queries numbered 100-170.

Queries and hints, vol. 22 old series / J. Dinwiddie, LLD

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D18
Item
1805

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is Volume 22 of the "old series" of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 472-590 and is dated seven years after the previous volume.

Queries and hints, vol. 15

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D13
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 15 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2270-2251 and subject headings including metallurgy, experiments, and chemistry.

Queries and hints, vol. 12

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D10
Item
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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

Queries and hints, vol. 10

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D8
Item
1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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

Queries and hints on various subjects, volume 14th

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D12
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 14 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 2173-2232 and subject headings including electricity, metallurgy, and sound.

Queries and hints on various philosoph. subjects, vol. 2

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D2
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 2 of "Queries and Hints" containing queries numbered 244-427, created by James Dinwiddie in 1780 while he was in Cork, Kilkenny, and Dublin.

Queries and hints on music, vol. 1st

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D20
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This is the scientific journal entitled "Queries and Hints on Music"; it contains queries numbered 1 to 65. Composed by James Dinwiddie in 1792 while in London, the journal covers hints related to music. This file consists of one journal.

Queries and hints on fermentation

MS-2-276, Box 15, Folder D19
Item
1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints on Fermentation," which contains queries numbered 1-142.

Projectiles

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder D33
Item
[ca. 1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a two-part notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in which he makes observations about projectiles, their trajectory motion, acceleration and the opposing force of gravity.

Planitarium - Globe

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C38
File
ca. 1793

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 focus on planitaria, globes, and other topics in astronomy.

Planitarium

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C37
File
ca. 1793

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 discuss several instruments including planitaria, clocks, and globes.

Plane Mirrors; Archimedes; Gravity

Dinwiddie, Box 13, Folder C74
File
after 1782

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie examine a number of topics in physics including gravity, force, velocity, light, and mirrors. Dinwiddie also mentions the classical natural philosophers Sappho, Archimedes, and Hermes.

Pieces of a letter

Dinwiddie, Box 2, Folder 8
File
September, 1766

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dumfries ; education ; High School ; Edinburgh ; philosophical ; experiments

Philosophical Society

Dinwiddie, Box 19, Folder K2
File
November 28, 1776 - December 12, 1778

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This document contains rules and minutes for the Dumfries Philosophical Society. The minutes were recorded by James Dinwiddie between November 28, 1776 and December 12, 1778. This file consists of one document.

Optics, No. 1-3

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C26
File
[ca. 1793]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie in 1793 focus on optics. Dinwiddie discusses the properties of various instruments including microscopes, telescopes, and magic lanterns as well as convex and concave lenses.

Optics

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder D31
Item
[ca. 1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in which he wrote his observations and notes about experiments about optics.

One letter, unknown sender or receiver

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A123
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Coldbrook ; army ;

One letter, unknown sender and receiver

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A125
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::India ; China ; white copper ; silver

One letter to W.H. Stevenson from A. Neilson

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A78
File
February 07, 1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::A Neilson ; 1787 ; W.H. Stevenson ; Machinery ; London

One letter to James Dinwiddie, sender unknown,

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A117
File
September 16, 1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::London ; Dover ; 1788

One letter to James Dinwiddie, sender unknown,

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A115
File
October 26, 1782

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::1782 ; Livingston ; Penmanship ; Newry ; Treatise on Fortification and Gunnery ; Richard ; John Edgar ;

One letter to James Dinwiddie, sender unknown

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A119
File
August 24, 1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::1789 ; London ; Philosopher ; lectures ; machine ; stockings ; English ; coals ; Groombridge ; fireworks ; inflamable air ; Newcastle

One letter to James Dinwiddie, sender unknown

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A114
File
September 23, 1778

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::1778 ; Montrose ; Scotland ; St. Cyrus ; experiments ; kingdom ; Montrose ; Provost ; Physician ; Captain

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Traie

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A102
File
July 10, [1780] ; Aug 9, [1807]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::William Traie ; 1780 ; 1807 ; kingdom ; bishop

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Steven

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A91
File
December 16, 1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::William Steven ; 1789 ; tickets ; lecture ; philosophy ;

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Hyslop

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A60
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::courier ; Bay ; William Hyslop

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Crumbie

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A25
File
November 13, 1786

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::provost ; Alex ; Christie ; William Crumbie ; 1786

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Cleghorn

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A19
File
January 02, 1781

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::electricty ; cylinders ; Crawford ; Robinson ; experiment

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Blanta Esq.

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A13
File
December 12, 1786

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::recommendation ; readings ; system

One letter to James Dinwiddie from W.B.

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A3
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::W.B. ; students ; pupils ; telegraph

One letter to James Dinwiddie from W. Wilson

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A110
File
August 29, 1796

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::W. Wilson ; 1796 ; Madras ; Duncan ; boarding ; Captain ; court ; ; child ; letter ;

One letter to James Dinwiddie from V. Thibault

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A99
File
February 01, 1805

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Calcutta ; Drummon ; Maddras ; chimacal furnace ; apparatus ; wedgewood ; lens ; V. Thibault ; 1805

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Thomas White

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A109
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Thomas White ; equation

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Thomas Irvine

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A62
File
February 04, 1783

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Thomas Irvine ; 1783 ; London ; Dublin

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Thomas H. Duffin

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A31
File
[1806?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::invitation ; present ; Thomas H. Duffin

One letter to James Dinwiddie from the Rev. Dr. John Mackenzie

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A70
File
September 13, 1803

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::astronomer ; Calcutta ; Bombay ; John ;Mackenzie ; Lieutenant ; infantry ; Regiment ; General ; Governour ; India ; 1803

One letter to James Dinwiddie from the College of Fort William

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A21
File
[1793?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::bill

One letter to James Dinwiddie from T. Hancock Neville

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A79
File
July 24, 1783

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::T. Hancock Neville ; 1783 ; Waterford ; Dublin ; Philosopher

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Sir Robert Stewart

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A94
File
[November 1781?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::invitation ; 1781 ; Sir Robert Stewart

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Robert Young

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A113
File
[1812]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Robert Young ; 1812

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Robert Stevenson

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A92
File
October 21, 1782

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Robert Stevenson ; 1782 ; Dublin ; Letter of Friendship ; Syllabus ; London ;

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Robert Douglas

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A30
File
1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dumphies ; petition Robert Douglas ; 1779

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Robert Blair

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A12
File
March 24, 1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::London ; Language ; Spanish ; Edinburgh ; recommendation

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Richard Clements

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A20
File
[1792?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::bill

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Rawlins

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A83
File
[Jan], 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Rawlins ; 1811 ; battlements ; killed ; government ; Calcutta ; death ; dictionary ; London ; philosophy ; medical ; observations ; music ; library ; King ;