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W.J. Proudfoot journal excerpts

Series contains excerpts of diaries kept by W.J. Proudfoot, the grandson of James Dinwiddie. Also included is a biographical sketch of his father, James Proudfoot, who was Dinwiddie's son-in-law, and a story about a watch owned by Dinwiddie and passed to Proudfoot through his father.
James Dinwiddie's notebook

James Dinwiddie's notebook

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.
Journal, 1836

Journal, 1836

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.

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

James Dinwiddie's notebooks

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.

James Dinwiddie's personal journals or land logs

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."
Journal, 23 September 1811, London

Journal, 23 September 1811, London

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.
Naval Tactics

Naval Tactics

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on naval tactics including navigation, tacking, sailing, weather, and magnetism.
Notes on Davy's lectures, Royal Inst., 9 Feb 1811

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

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.
No. 1

No. 1

These notes written by James Dinwiddie list several experiments in chemistry.
Royal Institution notes, 20 Dec 1809

Royal Institution notes, 20 Dec 1809

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.
Vol. 2, Scientific Institution, 1810

Vol. 2, Scientific Institution, 1810

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.
Scotch lottery

Scotch lottery

Item is a description of a Scotch lottery held in Dumfries, Scotland, for the benefit of the inhabitants.
One letter to James Dinwiddie from D Burges

One letter to James Dinwiddie from D Burges

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
Notes on lectures at the Royal Institution, 1809

Notes on lectures at the Royal Institution, 1809

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.
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