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Antitheses, no. 2

Antitheses, no. 2

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in which he made observations, including those about the British government, monarchs, justice and pride.
Antitheses, no. 3

Antitheses, no. 3

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in which he makes observations about knowledge and religion.
Astronomy

Astronomy

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in which he made observations about astronomy, including the solar system, sunspots, comets, and the moon.
Chemical

Chemical

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie containing observations about the properties and effects of fire, water, air and acids.
Credo Chinesa

Credo Chinesa

Item is a notebook in which James Dinwiddie recorded his observations (in 75 numbered paragraphs) about China, including its geography, animal life, and customs.
Essay on pneumatics

Essay on pneumatics

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in which he writes about pneumatics, "which contain in two parts the history or theory of mind and spirit."
Extracts

Extracts

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie during his time in Calcutta in which he summarizes reports on a range of topics, including observations on "Dr. Black's Analysis of the Iceland waters" and "Extract from the report of the Committee for improving the manufacture of powder at Bombay."
Galvanic experiments

Galvanic experiments

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

Galvanism

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

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.
Logarithms

Logarithms

Item is a notebook containing notes about logarithms, addition and subtraction, and example calculations.
Madras

Madras

Item is a notebook kept by Dinwiddie during his time in Madras (now Chennai), India, in which he wrote about mining saltpetre and diamonds.
Magnetism and electricity

Magnetism and electricity

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

Notes about planetary orbits

Item is a notebook dated January 2, 1776 containing Dinwiddie's observations on planetary motion, including the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and the moon.
Notes on Davy's lectures, Royal Inst., 9 Feb 1811

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

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.
Notes on lectures at the Royal Institution

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 lectures at the Royal Institution, 1809

Notes on lectures at the Royal Institution, 1809

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie from March 23 - December 21, 1809 containing his notes on lectures at the Royal Institution on topics including electro-chemistry, astronomical systems, botanical taxonomies.
Optics

Optics

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

Projectiles

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.
Royal Institution notes, 1810

Royal Institution notes, 1810

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about lectures at the Royal Institution (April 21, 1810 - May 26, 1811). Dinwiddie notes that he did not attend the first two lectures.
Royal Institution notes, 20 Dec 1809

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.
Vision

Vision

File contains two notebooks containing notes about vision, including descriptions about the structure of the eye as well as the diffraction and refraction of light.
Vol. 2, Scientific Institution, 1810

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.
Wheel carriages

Wheel carriages

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in which he makes observations about wheel carriage design, in particular the relationship between wheels and axles and the size of both required by different vehicles.