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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

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.

Optics

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

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

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

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.