Archives Catalogue

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D6
Item
1787

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.

Vol. 5 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D5
Item
1786

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 5 of "Queries and Hints," with queries numbered 728-794, created by James Dinwiddie in November 1786.

Vol. 4 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D4
Item
1784

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 4 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 614-727, created by James Dinwiddie in May 1784 while he was in Waterford, Ireland.

Vol. 3 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D3
Item
1782

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 3 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 428-613, created by James Dinwiddie in 1782 while he was in Dublin.

Vol. 18 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D16
Item
1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 18 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2457-2508 and was created when Dinwiddie was in China.

Vol. 17 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D15
Item
1793

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 17 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2361-2455 and was created when Dinwiddie was in China.

Vol. 16, queries and hints

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D14
Item
1792-1793

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 16 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 2252-2360 and subject headings including navigation and natural history.

Vol. 13 [Queries and HInts]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D11
Item
[ca. 1792]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 13 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 2082-2172 and headings including mathematics, engineering and mechanics.

Vol. 11 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D9
Item
1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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

Vol 1 : queries and hints in 20 vols.

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D1
Item
1779-1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Ticket to a natural philosophy class at the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia

MS-2-7, SF Box 13, Folder 4, Item 2
Item
1863

Part of James Baxter fonds

Item is a ticket for the natural philosophy class at the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia, in the 1892-1893 session. The ticket certifies that James Baxkter attended the class from October to April and is signed by Thomas McCulloch. The back of the ticket has a note from McCulloch stating that Baxter also took mathematics classes.

Three manuscripts by James Dinwiddie

File
1780 - 1800

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

File contains three manuscripts written by James Dinwiddie that illustrate his interests in history, political and natural philosophy.

Three letters about James Dinwiddie written by James Gandon

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A44
File
July 18, 1783 - July 19, 1783

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

File contains three letters about James Dinwiddie written by architect James Gandon, dated July 18, 1783 - July 19, 1783. One of the letters is addressed to Richard Dalton.

Statement on Course in Natural Philosophy

Dinwiddie, Box 19, Folder K1
File
March, 1767

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This document is a statement concerning a course taught in natural philosophy. The document is dated March, 1767. This file consists of one document.

Rules of Philosophy

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C29
File
[ca. 1793]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 are entitled "Rules of Philosophy". They focus on natural philosophical topics including matter, motion, gravity, simple machines, projectiles, pneumatics, and pendula.

Royal Institution notes, 20 Dec 1809

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E8
Item
1809 - 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Queries and hints, vol. 9

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D7
Item
1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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. 8, Paris

MS-2-726, Box 2, Folder 14
Item
1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 8 of "Queries and Hints" created by James Dinwiddie in Paris. This volume contains queries numbered 1111 to 1286.

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.

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.

Notes on lectures at the Royal Institution, 1809

MS-2-726, Box 19, Folder J2
Item
1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Notes on lectures at the Royal Institution

MS-2-726, Box 19, Folder J1
Item
1808 - 1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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 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 early experiments with air and balloons

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder F3
Item
[177-?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook containing Dinwiddie's notes about his experiments with air and balloons.

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.

Notes on a Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C16
File
October 14, 1793

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie on October 14, 1793 discuss natural philosophy with a focus on topics in physics including space, time, matter, and gravity.

Notes on a Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C17
File
October 18, 1793

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie on October 18, 1793 discuss natural philosophy with a focus on topics in physics including motion, gravity, pendulums, .

Notebook beginning January 5, 1776

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B1
Item
1776

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie between January 5 - February 10, 1776, containing notes, diagrams and equations.

Notebook beginning 12 February 1776

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B2
Item
1776

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie between February 12 - March 1, 1776 containing notes, diagrams and equations.

Natural History and Natural Philosophy

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C49
File
June 1, 1807

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie on June 1, 1807 focus on natural history and natural philosophy. Dinwiddie begins the notes by discussing man's superiority to other animals and goes on to discuss planetary motion.

Miscellanies, No. 1-5

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C22
File
[ca. 1793]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 are titled "Miscellanies". The notes deal with a variety of chemical, physical, and biological topics.

Lecture Notes

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C14
File
[1792?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This series of lecture notes by James Dinwiddie in 1792 (?) references several subjects including mathematics, natural philosophy, Plato, Epicurius, the motion of the Earth, David Hume, and "W. Harrington". The file consists of 29 pages of lecture notes.

James Dinwiddie's notebook

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder F1
Item
1774 - 1841

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

James Dinwiddie fonds

MS-2-726
Fonds
1767-1815

Fonds comprises the personal papers of James Dinwiddie, which include lecture notes, scientific journals, notebooks, manuscript, early experiments, correspondence, personal journals and also some records from the Royal Institution for 1808-1814. His papers also include the journals of W.J. Proudfoot and a biography of his father (and Dinwiddie's son-in-law), James Proudfoot.

Dinwiddie, James

Introduction

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C58
File
after 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This introductory lecture written by James Dinwiddie discusses natural philosophy. Dinwiddie draws on past philosophers including Rene Descartes, Plato, and John Locke to describe Nature and man's relationship with her.

Essay on pneumatics

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D27
Item
[ca.1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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."

Elementary Bodys [sic]

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C61
File
after 1772

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie concern "Elementary Bodys [sic]". Dinwiddie briefly discusses chemical compositions in one set of notes. In the second set, he discusses motion and the necessity of experimentation in understanding nature.

Chemical

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D29
Item
[ca. 1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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

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