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Dinwiddie, Box 20, Folder K5
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1767-1778

This document contains four pages of notes on geometry written by James Dinwiddie. The notes contain diagrams and proofs of theorems.

Notes on Fireworks

Dinwiddie, Box 20, Folder K6
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1767-1778

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This document contains two pages of notes on the composition of fireworks written by James Dinwiddie.

Notes and Research Papers

Dinwiddie, Box 20, Folder K7
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1798

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This group of documents is a series of unidentified notes and research papers composed by James Dinwiddie. This file consist of 116 pages of material.

List of Manufacturers

Dinwiddie, Box 20, Folder K8
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1770

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Tibetan (?) manuscript with Chinese insert

Dinwiddie, Box 20, Folder K9
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after 1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

This document may be a Tibetan manuscript with a Chinese insert.

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Dudley Adams

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A1
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November 27, 1795

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Dr Blacklock

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A10
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Sept 7, 1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::telescope ; machine ; optical ; magazine ; celestial ; discovery ; Metropolis ; London ; disease ; Magistrates ; Council ; Robison ; Dr. Blacklock ; 1787

Two letters to James Dinwiddie from Robert Blain

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A11
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May 23 - 27, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Robert Blain ; Joseph Hume ; credentials ; Christopher ; Norwich ; Norfolk ; Archdeacon ; Bishop ; Clergymen ; parrish ; University ; Cambridge ; University ; Marquis ; Buckingham ; Royal College of Physicians

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Robert Blair

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A12
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March 24, 1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::London ; Language ; Spanish ; Edinburgh ; recommendation

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Blanta Esq.

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A13
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December 12, 1786

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::recommendation ; readings ; system

One letter to James Dinwiddie from C. Boyd

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A14
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[180-?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::lecture ; lady

One letter to James Dinwiddie from John Broateh

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A15
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[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::farm

One letter to James Dinwiddie from A.P. Buchanan

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A16
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[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::surgeon ; electricity ; Col. Congreve ; machine ; rowing

One letter to James Dinwiddie from D Burges

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A17
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March 12, 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Nicholson's Journal ; Philosophical Magazine ; book binding ; "The Man on the Moon" ; 1790 ; France ; 1786 ; India ; 1791 ; Revolution ; Republican Government ; "Memoires De L'acadmie Des Science" ; Mechanical Arts ; Patent Machines ; Royal Institute ; 1805 ; optical machines ; specticales ; eye ; camera obscura

One letter to James Dinwiddie from James Carmichael

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A18
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July 28, 1786

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Frazer ; Newtonian Philosopy ; physiology

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Cleghorn

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A19
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January 02, 1781

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::electricty ; cylinders ; Crawford ; Robinson ; experiment

One letter to James Dinwiddie from I. Vans Agnew

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A2
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[1780-1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::I. Vans Agnew ; nitrous ; oxid ; sircar

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Richard Clements

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A20
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[1792?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::bill

One letter to James Dinwiddie from the College of Fort William

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A21
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[1793?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::bill

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Bernard Cologan

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A22
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June 12, 1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::ticket ; lecture ; Besley

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Dr. Copeland

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A23
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December 24, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::gunpowder ; chemical ; atmosphere ; water gague ; weather ; wind

One letter to James Dinwiddie from I. Costellae

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A24
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July 08, 1782

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Waterford ; recommendation

One letter to James Dinwiddie from William Crumbie

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A25
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November 13, 1786

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::provost ; Alex ; Christie ; William Crumbie ; 1786

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Mr Custer

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A26
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1780-1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::lecturer ; present ; Custer

One letter to James Dinwiddie from R. Cuthbert

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A27
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June 24, 1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Natural ; Philosophy ; Apparatus ; shipping ; customs ; house

Three letters to James Dinwiddie from Isabella Dickson

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A28
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June 9, 1810 - June 10, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Alex ; Dumfries ; India ; Bengal ; Isabella Dickson ; 1810 ; 1812

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Mr & Mrs Dickson

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A29
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[177-?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::invitation ; Dickson

One letter to James Dinwiddie from W.B.

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A3
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[1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::W.B. ; students ; pupils ; telegraph

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Robert Douglas

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A30
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1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dumphies ; petition Robert Douglas ; 1779

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Thomas H. Duffin

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A31
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[1806?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::invitation ; present ; Thomas H. Duffin

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Dumfries Philosophical Society

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A32
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[1780?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Philosophical ; apparatus ; Dumphies ; David Blair ; Alexander Fergussour ; Robert Laurie ; John Graham ; John Dickfou ; Alexander Copland ; William Carruthers ; John Hynd ; James Carruthers ; John Scott ; John Mackenzie ; Robert Birnie ; Simon Mackenzie ; Robert Corsane ; John Harley ; William Wight ; Gilbert Gordon ; John Scott ; Ebenezer Wilson ; James Laurie ; James Gilchrist ; Gilbert Patterson ; Andrew Ewart ; Hugh Carrie ; William Bell ; John Maxwell ; Hugh Lawson ; George Mackenzie ; Ivie Gregg ; Juhn Johnstones ; Walter Reddcell ; James Mounsey ; John Bushby ; John Murray ; Thomas Slothart ; George Clerk ; William Copland ; William Douglas ; Douglas ; James Fergusson ; Colonel Gordon ; Kirkpatrick ; Sir Robert Maxwell ; Major Maxwell ; Robert Riddell ; John Tyme ; Lord Ellcock ; Andrew Crosbie ; Alexander Orr ; Dumfries Philosophical Society

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Dundas

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A33
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July, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::subscribers ; castle ; Richmond ; reception ; Dundas ; 1790

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Duplessy

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A34
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September 15, 1801

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::French ; Duplessy ; 1801

One letter to James Dinwiddie from A Eason

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A35
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September 17, 1783

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::College ; Leeds ; Halifax ; Liverpool ; Chester ; Shefield ; A Eason ; 1783

One letter to James Dinwiddie from John Edgar

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A36
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April 18, 1781

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::John Edgar ; Dublin ; Nibloch ; 1781

One letter to James Dinwiddie from J.S. Ewart

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A38
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January 13, 1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Mercury ; artificial ; horizon ; compass ; W.J. Bele ; J.S. Ewart ; 1789

21 letters to James Dinwiddie from William Fairlie and Mungo

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A39
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March 3, 1796 - April 11, 1813

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Calcutta ; William ; John ; Americans ; Portugese ; Fairlie ; Agnes ; W. Feyusson ; present ; experiements ; Scotland ; William Fairlie ; Mungo ; 1796 ; 1813

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Mr and Mrs Barclay

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A4
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May 20, 1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Barclay ; dinner ; invitation ; 1790

One letter to James Dinwiddie from James Faulkner

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A40
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November 19, [18--?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Simpson ; Elements ; Glasgow ; Mathematics ; England ; Mancester Academy ; James Faulkner

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Anthony Ferguson

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A41
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Nov, 1781 - March, [1783]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Anthony Ferguson ; 1781 ; 1783

One letter fragment to James Dinwiddie from Mr Fitzroy

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A42
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1790-1800

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Mr. Fitzroy

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Dr. Fleming

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A43
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[1792]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::embassy ; China ; Dr. Fleming ; 1792

Three letters about James Dinwiddie written by James Gandon

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A44
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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.