File contains a letter from Mary Dobie to James Dinwiddie. In the letter, Dobie thanks Dinwiddie for a Carnelian seal ring he sent to her as a gift. The letter was likely written sometime in the 1810s.
File contains 3 pages of blueline prints of floor plans for a library at Dalhousie University, drawn by C.D. Davison & Company, the architectural firm that designed Dalhousie's Student Union Building in 1967. Undated and stamped "preliminary," the plans indicate a library with three floors. The drawings for floors 2 and 3 are annotated with potential seating and/or stack capacity for social sciences, humanities, rare books, graduate students, research and audio visual users, as well as conceptual drawings of study carrels and audio visual booths.
File includes three documents, which are likely by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Includes 1) "Progress Report" (regarding the New International Technological Order emerging from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLoS); 2) "The United Nations Decade of International Law and the Law of the Sea," a document from the 1990s, outlining the new concepts that emerged from UNCLoS (including the common heritage of mankind); and 3) an untitled document relating the events of the tenth and eleventh sessions of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).
File contains a study produced by the International Ocean Institute (IOI)-Canada on the following documents: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS); Agenda 21; the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity; the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; the Agreement on the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks; the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities; and the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.
Item is possibly a receipt to Pierre Du Gua de Monts from Pierre Dugua circa 1612. Document was donated after the Catalogue of the William Morse Collection was printed.
Possibly a copy. These manuscripts came from the west coast of France, and represent originals, not existing in any of the great libraries of either Europe or America. The original manuscripts comprise ten pages.
This document compiled by James Dinwiddie contains a list of manufacturers in England including their industrial machinery and manufacturing practices. This file consists of notes.
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.
These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on experiments involving air; he documents his procedures as well as the results. Dinwiddie includes a hand-drawn diagram of various scientific apparatus at the front of the notes.
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.
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.
These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie discuss theories related to volcanic eruptions. Dinwiddie also mentions physical structures of the volcano and historical dates for volcanic eruptions.
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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.
These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie discuss a number of topics related to the military including fortifications, ballistics, redoubts, and the Macedonian Phalanx. Dinwiddie mentions various materials for building fortifications, armour, and weapons. He also records the arrangement of the Macedonian Phalanx.
These notes written by James Dinwiddie outline twenty lectures on topics in physics including motion, gravity, force, and acceleration. The notes also touch on natural theology with respect to knowledge and creation.
This series of notes written by James Dinwiddie begins with a series of questions and answers related to various topics in physics. The notes continue with a series of questions and answers in mechanics followed by expanded notes on gravity. The last section outlines centrifugal forces.