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.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (8 February 1911 - 3 April 1811) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including voltaic electricity, uses of potassium and sodium, and oxygen.
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.
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.
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.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (18 December 1809 - 26 January 1811) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including electro-chemistry, phosphates, sulphur, and salts.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Humphrey Davy's lectures (17 December 1808 - 3 June 1809) at the Royal Institution on topics in chemistry, including the decomposition of acids and alkalis by electricity, metals and potassium.
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.
Series contains notebooks kept by James Dinwiddie in which he made notes and observations about topics in natural philosophy and politics, recorded meteorological and chronological observations, catalogued his books, and wrote about his and others' experiments.
The file consists of records relating to the June Leaf exhibition, organized by the College of Cape Breton in Sydney and presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery from July 29 - September 5, 1982.
Records consist mainly of correspondence and photocopies of newspaper clippings.
Series contains journals kept by James Dinwiddie between 1779 and 1812, during which time he travelled and lived in Ireland, Paris, Canton, Madras, Calcutta, Edinburgh and London. Some journals were written while he was at sea and many others are labelled as "land logs."
Subseries contains notebooks kept by Dinwiddie titled "Queries & Hints," which take the form of numbered entries in topics in natural philosophy, including astronomy, magnetism and electricity, as well as metallurgy, agriculture, music, and fermentation. There are 22 volumes, some of which contain subject headings.
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.
Item is volume 3 of the "new series" (or volume 21 of the "old series") of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," which contains queries numbered 171-471 and was written in Calcutta.
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.
Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie possibly during a stay in Paris, containing a few dated entries from September 1787 as well as lists, queries and observations.
File consists of sound recordings of individual interviews by Ian McKay with Donald Blanch and Joseph Dauvin, miners who worked at the coalfield in Joggins, Nova Scotia.
File consists of sound recordings of individual interviews by Ian McKay with Anthony Belliveau, Everett Gates and Joseph Dauvin, miners who worked at the coalfield in Joggins, Nova Scotia.
Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in Calcutta, in which he recorded his observations and experiments in galvanism and other electrical phenomena.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about lectures held at the (25 April 1811- 13 August 1811) about experiments in electricity, chemical apparatus, and electrochemistry.
Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Singer's lectures (January 12 - June 18, 1810) on topics in chemistry, including experiments, chemical properties of air and electricity.
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."
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.
Item is a notebook kept by James Dinwiddie in which he makes observations about wheel carriage design, in particular the relationship between wheels and axles and the size of both required by different vehicles.
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.
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.
Item is volume 14 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 2173-2232 and subject headings including electricity, metallurgy, and sound.
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.
Item is volume 10 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1722-1895 and headings including metallurgy, mathematics and agriculture.
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