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Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Ninth Conversation with Professor Wang Tieya : [draft t...

Transcript of Ronald St. John Macdonald's Ninth Conversation with Professor Wang Tieya : [draft transcript, annotated]

Item consists of an early annotated draft transcript of the ninth discussion between Ronald St. John Macdonald and Professor Wang Tieya, conducted in Toronto, Ontario, on February 11, 1992. Item is incorrectly identified as the eighth conversation between Macdonald and Wang; dates and transcript line up with their eighth conversation.

Janet M. Eaton fonds

  • MS-2-699
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1980] - [ca. 1989]
Fonds consists of Janet M. Eaton's materials regarding her professional involvement with the Canadian Association for Adult Education and the Continuous Learning Association of Nova Scotia. Fonds includes meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, conference programmes, and other textual records.

Eaton, Janet

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

Vol. 17 [Queries and Hints]

Vol. 17 [Queries and Hints]

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. 18 [Queries and Hints]

Vol. 18 [Queries and Hints]

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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
Canton, 4th Feb'y 1794

Canton, 4th Feb'y 1794

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from February 4 - March 23, 1794 while in China, staying in Canton and Macao.
China, 24 March 1794

China, 24 March 1794

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).
Jackall, 1 July 1794, off Bantam Bay

Jackall, 1 July 1794, off Bantam Bay

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.
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