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

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

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.

A letter to James Dinwiddie from Ino Ruffles

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A81
File
August 19, 1809

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Ino Raffles ; 1809 ; India ; application ; government ; Prince of Wales

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, 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, 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.

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.

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.

Vol. 3, Scientific Institution, 1810

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E14
Item
1810 - 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes about Singer's lecture series (21 June 1810 - 22 April 1811) on topics in electrochemistry.

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.

Three letters to James Dinwiddie from Isabella Dickson

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A28
File
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 J. Hinckley

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A58
File
October 22, 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::General ; Meetings ; Royal ; Insitution ; J. Hinckley ; 1810

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.

Act for enlarging the powers granted by His Majesty to the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...

MS-2-726, Box 19, Folder J4
Item
1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a copy of an act issued in 1810 enlarging the powers of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, allowing named proprietors to purchase a library and meeting house for the institution and outlining requirements for elections.

One letter to James Dinwiddie from D Burges

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A17
File
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

Two letters from Mary Dobie to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 14
File
October 22, 1810 - December 11, 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dobie

One letter fragment, sender and author unknown

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A121
File
November 29, 1810

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::1810 ; India ;

Naval Tactics

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C54
File
[ca.1811]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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

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.

Balloting List for the Committee of Managers

Dinwiddie, Box 19, Folder J6
File
1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::ballot ; committee ; managers

Five letters from Mary Dobie to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 6
File
May 18 - September 16, 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Jones ; Dobie ; Bottle of Bells ; Innes ; carpenter ; Hutchinson ; London ; Dumfries ; Walker ; Robertson ; China ; Giroux ; Dixon ; wine

No. 1

Dinwiddie, Box 12, Folder C55
File
ca. 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie list several experiments in chemistry.

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, 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.

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.

Two letters to James Dinwiddie from the Royal Institution

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A87
File
January 1, 1811 ; May 31, 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Royal Institution ; 1811 ; meeting ; Mathematics ; Mechanics ; Mechanical Inventions ; Guillemard ; Scientific and Literary Committee ; Auriol

A letter from A. Dobie to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 24
File
September 22, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dobie ; Dumfries

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.

Ten letters from Mary Dobie to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 7
File
January 10, 1812 - July 27, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dickson ; Cowan ; Wise ; wine ; Nicholas ; Hamilton ; Hane ; Frances

An Acrostic

Dinwiddie, Box 2, Folder 7
File
August 8, 1812

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

A poem from John Poet to James Dinwiddie

A letter from F. Dobie to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 38
File
October 06, 1813

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dobie ; Hindu

Six letters from Mary Dobie to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 2
File
May 30, 1813 - November 30, 1813

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Dobie ; 1813 ; Dumfries ; Indian

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Mr. Watson

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A106
File
May 06, 1814

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Mr. Watson ; 1814 ; London ;

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Joseph Rawlings and one letter fragment

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A82
File
March 23, 1814

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::1814 ; Joseph Rawlings ; London ; assistance ; illness ; pounds

A letter from James Proudfoot to James Dinwiddie

Dinwiddie, Box 1, Folder 27
File
February 06, 1815

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Proudfoot ; Dumfries ; Jardine

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.

Journal continued, October 1840

Dinwiddie, Box 18, Folder I2
Item
1840 - 1841

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a continuation of W.J. Proudfoot's journal, with entries from October 1, 1840 - January 31, 1841.

Journal in Australia, with the voyage there, and return to England / by William Jardine Proudfoot, landsurveyor and draughtsman

MS-2-726, Box 2, Folder 12
Item
1852

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a copy "nearly verbatim from the original" by W.J. Proudfoot, of the first part of his journal, comprising the "Preliminary," then entries from August 21-22, 1852, in which he described the first days of being on board the ship.

Journal of Wm. J. Proudfoot continued, October 1859

MS-2-721, Box 19, Folder I4
Item
1859

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a continuation of W.K. Proudfoot's diary, including entries from October 1 - December 20, 1859.

Biographical sketch of James Proudfoot, armourer to the Breadalbane Fencibles / by his son, W.J. Proudfoot

MS-2-726, Box 18, Folder I1
Item
[after 1865]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a manuscript written by W.J. Proudfoot containing the story of his father, and a second biographical tale, called "Dr. Dinwiddie's Watch."

Journal in England, after my arrival from Australia on August 22, 1857 up to October 1, 1859

MS-2-726, Box 19, Folder I3
Item
1869

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a copy of W.J. Proudfoot's journal with entries from August 27 - September 15, 1857, which he transcribed in April 1869 "verbatim ... grammatical errors and obscure sentences only corrected."

Vol. 1, Scientific Institution, 1809

MS-2-726, Box 17, Folder E12
Item
1909

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

Item is a book kept by James Dinwiddie containing notes on lectures by Mr Singer (5 - 29 June 1809).

Two letters to James Dinwiddie from Robert Blain

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A11
File
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 Dr. Fleming

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A43
File
[1792]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

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

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Rawlins

Dinwiddie, Box 3, Folder A83
File
[Jan], 1811

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Rawlins ; 1811 ; battlements ; killed ; government ; Calcutta ; death ; dictionary ; London ; philosophy ; medical ; observations ; music ; library ; King ;

One letter to James Dinwiddie from Ian Wood

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A111
File
1791

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::Ian Wood ; 1789 ; 1790 ; 1791 ; electrical ; machine ; conducter ; air bottles ; charcoal ; optical ; bladder ; microscope ; Archimedes ; astronimical clock ; prisms ; pump

One letter to Aaron Upjohn, sender unknown

Dinwiddie, Box 4, Folder A120
File
[11, 1800?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

INDICES:::1800 ; Aaron Upjohn ; Chittagong

Lecture 7

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C6
File
[1783?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie in 1783 (?) deal with electricity and electrical machines.

Lecture 11

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C9
File
[1783?]

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie in 1783 (?) note various astronomical systems including the Ptolemaic and Copernican as well as Kepler's, Newton's, and Descartes' theories on planetary motion.

Lecture 13 - Astronomy

Dinwiddie, Box 11, Folder C10
File

Part of James Dinwiddie fonds

These notes written by James Dinwiddie outline a lecture on astronomy. He discusses the various planets and their motion as well as their various measurements (diameter, distance from the sun).

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