Archives Catalogue

Letter from James Proudfoot to Dr. Dinwiddie

MS-2-726, Box 1, Folder 33
Item
May 7, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a letter from James Proudfoot to James Dinwiddie regarding procuring furnishings for his rooms at Cambridge.

Scotch lottery

MS-2-726, Box 1, Folder 32
Item
February 25, 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a description of a Scotch lottery held in Dumfries, Scotland, for the benefit of the inhabitants.

Notice of Royal Institution general meeting

MS-2-726, Box 19, Folder J3
File
November 23, 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

File contains a notice and the envelope in which it was sent to James Dinwiddie.

Notice of general annual meeting of members of the Royal Institution

MS-2-726, Box 19, Folder J8
Item
April 20, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notice sent to James Didwiddie.

Notes on Davy's lectures, Royal Inst., 9 Feb 1811

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E11
Item
1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Royal Institution notes, 1810

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E10
Item
April 21, 1810 - May 26, 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Notes on Davy's lectures on chem. & philosophy

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E9
Item
1810 - 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Royal Institution notes, 20 Dec 1809

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E8
Item
1809 - 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Notes on Davy's lectures at the Royal Institution, 18 Dec 1809

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E7
Item
1809 - 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Notes on H. Davy's lectures, Royal Institution, 17 Dec 1808

MS-2-726, Box 16, Folder E6
Item
1808 - 1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Notes on lectures at the Royal Institution

MS-2-726, Box 19, Folder J1
Item
1808 - 1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Journal kept by Dinwiddie in Paris

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B12
Item
1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Vol. 4th, Scientific Institution, London, 1811

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E15
Item
1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Vol. 2, Scientific Institution, 1810

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E13
Item
1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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.

Queries and hints on fermentation

MS-2-276, Box 15, Folder D19
Item
1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints on Fermentation," which contains queries numbered 1-142.

Queries and hints on various subjects, volume 14th

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D12
Item
1792

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 14 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 2173-2232 and subject headings including electricity, metallurgy, and sound.

Queries and hints, vol. 10

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D8
Item
1789

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 10 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1722-1895 and headings including metallurgy, mathematics and agriculture.

Vol. 11 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D9
Item
1790

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 11 James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1896-1972 and headings including manufacturers, metallurgy and mechanics.

Queries and hints, vol. 12

MS-2-726, Box 14, Folder D10
Item
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 12 of James Dinwiddie's "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1973 -2081 and headings including agriculture, chemistry and engineering.

Queries and hints, vol. 8, Paris

MS-2-726, Box 2, Folder 14
Item
1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 8 of "Queries and Hints" created by James Dinwiddie in Paris. This volume contains queries numbered 1111 to 1286.

Vol 1 : queries and hints in 20 vols.

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D1
Item
1779-1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is the first volume of a journal created by James Dinwiddie while he was in Ireland and Northern Ireland in 1779-1780. This volume contains scientific queries numbered 1-123 with additional notes and observations in the end pages.

Queries and hints on various philosoph. subjects, vol. 2

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D2
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 2 of "Queries and Hints" containing queries numbered 244-427, created by James Dinwiddie in 1780 while he was in Cork, Kilkenny, and Dublin.

Vol. 3 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D3
Item
1782

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 3 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 428-613, created by James Dinwiddie in 1782 while he was in Dublin.

Vol. 4 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D4
Item
1784

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 4 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 614-727, created by James Dinwiddie in May 1784 while he was in Waterford, Ireland.

Vol. 6 [Queries and Hints]

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D6
Item
1787

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 6 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 795-1000, created by James Dinwiddie in April 1787 while he was in London.

Queries and hints, vol. 9

MS-2-726, Box 13, Folder D7
Item
1788

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is volume 9 of "Queries and Hints," containing queries numbered 1287-1721, created by James Dinwiddie in November 1788 while in London.

Journal, 1811, 23rd May, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B82
Item
1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from May 23 - September 21, 1811.

Journal, 1810, 22 November, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B81
Item
1810 - 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from November 22, 1810 - May 22, 1811.

Journal, 1810, 1st July, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B80
Item
1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from July 1 - November 21, 1810.

Journal, 1810, 1st Jan'y, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B79
Item
1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 1 - June 31, 1810.

Journal, 1808, 13th Feb'y, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B75
Item
1808

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from February 13 - August 15, 1808, in which he records events in London, Dumfries and Edinburgh.

Journal, 1808, 16 August, Edinburgh

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B76
Item
1808 - 1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from August 16, 1808 - January 10, 1809.

Journal, 1809, 11th January, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B77
Item
1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 11 - June 17, 1809.

Journal, 1809, 18th June, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B78
Item
1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from June 18 - December 31, 1809.

Journal, 1807, Edinburgh, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B74
Item
1807 - 1808

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from August 10, 1807 - February 12, 1808.

James Dinwiddie's notebook

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder F1
Item
1774 - 1841

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal containing lists of materials, expenses and books, and well as miscellaneous notes and diary entries, including copies made by W.J. Proudfoot in 1841 of earlier pencilled notes by Dinwiddie, and a loose letter from Mr Ashton requesting the loan of a book.

Notice of lectures by Mr Singer at the Scientific Institution

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder H4
Item
February 10, 1813

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a notice announcing a twelve-lecture series on electro-chemistry and voltaic electricity given by Mr. Singer at the Scientific Institution in February-April 1813.

Ireland journal, 1780, vol. 9th, Cork, Kilkenny, Dublin

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B11
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from September 10 - December 31, 1780.

Ireland journal, Dublin and Cork, vol. 8

MS-2-726, Box 5, Folder B10
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from June 2 - September 6, 1780.

Ireland journal, vol. 6th, Dublin, 1780

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B8
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from March 26 - April 24, 1780.

Ireland journal, vol. #5, Drogheda and Dublin, 1780

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B7
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 25 - March 25, 1780.

Ireland Drogheda journal, vol. 4th, 1780

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B6
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from January 1-24, 1780.

Ireland journal, vol. 3, Belfast - Lisburn and Newry, 1779

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B4
Item
1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from August 20 - December 20, 1779.

Ireland journal, vol. 2, Belfast, 1779

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B5
Item
1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from September 6 -14, 1779.

Ireland journal, Belfast, vol. 1st, 1779

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B3
Item
1779

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from July 18 - August 19, 1779.

Ireland, Dublin, 1780, vol. 7

MS-2-726, Box 4, Folder B9
Item
1780

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by James Dinwiddie from April 25 - June 1, 1780.

Journal, 23 September 1811, London

MS-2-726, Box 10, Folder B83
Item
1811 - 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a journal kept by Dinwiddie from September 23, 1811 to January 17, 1812, during which time he lived in London. The first page is inscribed "land log book as formerly," and the entries are dominated by details about the weather.

Journal, 1836

MS-2-726, Box 2, Folder 11
Item
1836

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is the beginning of W.J. Proudfoot's journal of the first part of his journey to America, with entries from June 1-6, 1836, in which he describes his days in Liverpool waiting for the Corinthian to sail.