Archives Catalogue

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D20
Item
1792

This is the scientific journal entitled "Queries and Hints on Music"; it contains queries numbered 1 to 65. Composed by James Dinwiddie in 1792 while in London, the journal covers hints related to music. This file consists of one journal.

Credo Chinesa

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E17
Item
[after 1792]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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

A letter from James Emartz to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 1
File
August 20, 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::China ; 1792

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Richard Clements

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A20
File
[1792?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::bill

Letter to James Dinwiddie from J. Ingenhousz

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A61
File
August 04, 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

File contains a letter to James Dinwiddie from J. Ingenhousz, written on August 4, 1792.

One letter to James Dinwiddie from H Mowlray

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A76
File
September 23, 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::H. Mowlray ; 1792 ; Gordon ; voyage ; London ; Portmouth

Motion

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C59
File
after 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on constrained motion. Dinwiddie begins the notes with definitions of constrained motion; he continues by discussing centrifugal motion. He later discusses motion with respect to time and space; in this section he includes a series of propositions.

Astronomy

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C66
File
after 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This series of notes written by James Dinwiddie focuses on astronomy. Dinwiddie discusses the properties of the moon and outlines the lunar cycle as well as the phenomenon of comets. He provides a list of well known astronomers and their publications including Isaac Newton, Rene Descartes, Johannes Kepler, Socrates, Nicolas Copernicus, Otto Guernicke, Galileo, Ptolemy, and Edmond Halley.

Letters from Harry Robertson to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A85
File
January 8, 1792 - August 15, 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

File contains six letters from Harry Robertson to James Dinwiddie, written between January and August 1792. Letters touch on life in China, London, and Glasgow.

A brief description of the four seasons

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder G2
Item
[ca. 1793]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a manuscript in which Dinwiddie describes changes in weather and flora and fauna between seasons.

Longitude by the chronometer and moon : journal through China

MS-2-726, Box 15, Folder D21
Item
1793-1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notebook containing James Dinwiddie's observations about Chinese culture and notes regarding experiments he conducted with a chronometer.

One letter to James Dinwiddie from the College of Fort William

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A21
File
[1793?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::bill

No. 1 : recreations

MS-2-726, Box 12, Folder C46
Item
[ca. 1793]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a set of notes written by James Dinwiddie containing 22 numbered mathematical statements and puzzles.

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.

China, 24 March 1794

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B14
Item
1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from March 24 - June 30, 1794, with entries written aboard ship on the return journey and in or near Batavia (now Jakarta).

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.

Critica prounouncing dictionary and expository of the English language .... / by John Walker

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder H2
Item
1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a volume published in Dublin in 1794.

A letter from R. Hanna to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 31
File
February 26, 1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Hanna ; Canton ; Proctor ; Drummond ; Gilmore

Canton, 4th Feb'y 1794

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B13
Item
1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from February 4 - March 23, 1794 while in China, staying in Canton and Macao.

Journal, Calcutta, 14 December 1794

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B17
Item
1794 - 1795

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from December 14, 1794 - February 14, 1795.

A letter from Victor Thibault to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 3
File
February 27, 1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Thibault ; lamps ; MacKintosh ; Brown ; barometers ; Bengal ; Anna ; Calcutta ; 1794

A letter from Cylus Irwin to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 10
File
February 13, 1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Irwin ; Dundas ; speech ; East India ; Bruce ; India ; China

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

Three financial documents

Dinwiddie, Box 2, Folder 9
File
November 29, 1794 - April 24, 1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

File contains three documents: one recording a transaction between John Anderson and Jannet Kellock; one between James Dinwiddie and Geo. (George) Hampton; and one regarding loans made by William Boyd to three individuals.

Jackall, 1 July 1794, off Bantam Bay

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B15
Item
1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from July 1 - October 4, 1794 from onboard the Jackall, one of the squadron of ships that made up the George McCartney mission to China, 1792-1794.

Journal, Calcutta, 6 October 1794

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B16
Item
1794

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from October 6 - December 12, 1794.

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Dudley Adams

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A1
File
November 27, 1795

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dudley Adams ; 1795 ; camera ; obscura ; optical ; machine ; lens ; optics

Journal, Calcutta, 15th Dec 1795

MS-2-726, Box 6, Folder B24
Item
1795 - 1796

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from December 15, 1795 - January 18, 1796.

Journal, Calcutta, 6 Nov 1795

MS-2-726, Box 6, Folder B23
Item
1795

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from November 6 - December 14, 1795.

Journal at Calbutta, 15 Feb 1795 / by J. Dinwiddie

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B18
Item
1795

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from February 15 - March 31, 1795.

Journal at Calcutta, 1795

MS-2-726, Box 6, Folder B19
Item
1795

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from April 1- May 8, 1795.

Journal at Calcutta, 23 June 1795

MS-2-726, Box 6, Folder B21
Item
1795

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from June 23 - August 27, 1795.

Journal, 28th August, Calcutta, 1795

MS-2-726, Box 6, Folder B22
Item
1795

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from August 2 - November 5, 1795.

Journal, Calcutta, 9 May 1975

MS-2-726, Box 6, Folder B20
Item
1795

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie between May 9 - June 22, 1795.

Journal, Madras, 10 January 1796

MS-2-726, Box 6, Folder B25
Item
1796

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 18 - February 12, 1796.

Madras

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E5
Item
[ca. 1796]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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

Journal [Calcutta], 7 Nov 1796

MS-2-726, Box 6, Folder B34
Item
1796

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from November 7 - December 14, 1796.

Extracts

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder D30
Item
1796

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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."