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Vol. 4th, Scientific Institution, London, 1811

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E15
Item
1811

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about lectures held at the (25 April 1811- 13 August 1811) about experiments in electricity, chemical apparatus, and electrochemistry.

Vol. 3, Scientific Institution, 1810

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E14
Item
1810 - 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Singer's lecture series (21 June 1810 - 22 April 1811) on topics in electrochemistry.

Vol. 2, Scientific Institution, 1810

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E13
Item
1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Vol. 1, Scientific Institution, 1809

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E12
Item
1909

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes on lectures by Mr Singer (5 - 29 June 1809).

Seventeen letters to James Dinwiddie from Logan Henderson

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A54
File
July 23, 1783 - November 28, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::John ; Dr. Gray ; arrest ; England ; paper ; phosperhous ; Liverpool ; Hamilton ; Playfair ; Germany ; government ; kingdom ; telescopes ; apparatus ; Maggy ; Slade ; Dublin ; Boulton ; experiments ; Lynch ; flight ; Ireland ; balloon ; wing ; Ferguson ; Wood ; Newcastle ; machine ; electrical ; Betty ; Nova Scotia ; Christmas ; speaker ; house of commons ; Greenwich ; Paris ; Hydrostatics ; Johnstone ; election ; Logan Henderson ; 1783 ; 1790

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.

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 R. Higginbotham

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A57
File
January 20, 1783

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dublin ; Cylinder ; electric ; machine ; R. Higginbotham ; 1783

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Mr. Welles

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A107
File
[after 1806]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Mr. Welles ; Brooke ; Electricity

One letter to James Dinwiddie from John Turing

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A103
File
January 04, 1799

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::John Turing ; 1799 ; Calcutta ; Woolwich foundery ; Kindersley ; Lord Clive ; Anderson ; electrical ; machine ; apparatus ; telescope ; microscope

One letter to James Dinwiddie from John Kelso

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A67
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Electrical ; Machine ; apparatus ; bubbles ; Wyatt ; Flemming ; John Kelso

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Ian Wood

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A111
File
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Ian Wood ; 1789 ; 1790 ; 1791 ; electrical ; machine ; conducter ; air bottles ; charcoal ; optical ; bladder ; microscope ; Archimedes ; astronimical clock ; prisms ; pump

One letter to James Dinwiddie from A.P. Buchanan

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A16
File
[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::surgeon ; electricity ; Col. Congreve ; machine ; rowing

Notice of lectures by Mr Singer at the Scientific Institution

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder H4
Item
February 10, 1813

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notice announcing a twelve-lecture series on electro-chemistry and voltaic electricity given by Mr. Singer at the Scientific Institution in February-April 1813.

Notes on early experiments with electricity

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder F2
Item
1777

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook containing descriptions of experiments and notes related to electricity and electrical phenomena.

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

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E11
Item
1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Notes on Davy's lectures on chem. & philosophy

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E9
Item
1810 - 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (19 December 1810 - 23 February 1811) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry and philosophy.

Magnetism and electricity

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D28
Item
1776

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie containing observations about magnetism and electricity, including diagrams related to and queries.

Lightning and other Phenomena: Lectures on Electricity

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C57
File
After 1772

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on lightning and electricity. Dinwiddie mentions Benjamin Franklin, historical dates for important experiments, circuits, conductors and other phenomena including water spouts and earthquakes.

Lecture Notes

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C32
File
[ca. 1793]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 lists a series of topics in physics including heat, sight, electricity, magnetism, and fluids.

Lecture 8

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C7
File
[1783?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie in 1783 (?) discuss electricity and lightning.

Lecture 7

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C6
File
[1783?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie in 1783 (?) deal with electricity and electrical machines.

Introduction; Mechanics

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C68
File
after 1782

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on topics in mechanics such as gravity, momentum, compound engines, and Ferguson's machine as well as matter, magnetism, electric shock, and capillary action in the introductory section.

Galvanism

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D22
Item
1801

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in Calcutta, in which he recorded his observations and experiments in galvanism and other electrical phenomena.

Galvanic experiments

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder D34
Item
[ca. 1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in which he describes a number of galvanic experiments.

Five letters to James Dinwiddie from W. Hart Stevenson

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A93
File
September 15, 1784 - January 13, 1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::W. Hart Stevenson ; 1789 ; 1787 ; drawing frame ; John ; engine ; spinning frame ; spindles ; machinery ; Doctor Stewarts ; Devil ; cylinder ; brass ; iron ; Blair ; Spanish Ambassador ; Mrs. Miller ; Dictionary ; electrical ; steam ; Smith ; Glasgow ; Jeremy ; Crimea ; Russia ; Bentham ; Blackstones Commentaries ; artillery ; Biggans ; Lunardi ;

Electricity, No. 1,3

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C39
File
ca. 1793

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 focus on electricity including electric machines, electrometers, lightning, and conductors.

A letter from William Scott to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 30
File
July 02, 1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Scott ; mercury ; pills ; electricity

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