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No. 1

No. 1

These notes written by James Dinwiddie list several experiments in chemistry.
No. 3

No. 3

These notes written by James Dinwiddie list several experiments in chemistry.
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

This file contains a one page newspaper clipping from a Calcutta newspaper. The clipping is a reprinted editorial letter from Joseph Priestley denouncing the new theories of chemistry.
The Effects of Heat and Mixture on Bodies and Chemical Apparatus

The Effects of Heat and Mixture on Bodies and Chemical Apparatus

These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on chemistry. The notes begin with a course outline discussing chemical mixtures, heat, animals, plants, and chemical apparatus. The notes provide more detailed content on thermometers, acids, salts, alkalis, and other topics included in the course.
Vitriolated Tartar/Nitre

Vitriolated Tartar/Nitre

These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on vitrolated tartar and nitre. Dinwiddie discusses the chemical composition of each substance as well as various reactions when they are mixed with other compounds.
Three letters to James Dinwiddie from Margaret Henderson

Three letters to James Dinwiddie from Margaret Henderson

INDICES:::lung ; lectures ; circu ; equestrian ; theatre ; Hume ; laboratory ; Blair ; chemical ; London ; Taylor ; spinning ; Anderson ; Warren ; France ; perfumary ; Newcastle ; Slade ; apothecary Scotland ; Ireland ; Margaret Henderson ; 1789 ; 1790
Experiments of Factitious Air

Experiments of Factitious Air

These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on experiments involving air; he documents his procedures as well as the results. Dinwiddie includes a hand-drawn diagram of various scientific apparatus at the front of the notes.
Lecture Notes

Lecture Notes

These point form notes were taken by James Dinwiddie at a lecture on Wednesday, June 11, 1783. The notes cover a range of topics in chemistry and physics including Boschovich's Theory, chemical mixtures, evaporation, and magnetic curves.
Miscellanies, No. 1-5

Miscellanies, No. 1-5

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 are titled "Miscellanies". The notes deal with a variety of chemical, physical, and biological topics.
30 letter to James Dinwiddie from Joseph Hume

30 letter to James Dinwiddie from Joseph Hume

INDICES:::George ; nephew ; decimals ; Phosphoric Tinder ; Proudfoot ; Howard ; Singer's ; Jardine ; Heales ; Scotland ; Bill ; Bailey ; Sanders ; lawsuit ; Grenada ; Fay ; William ; Royal Institution ; arithmatic ; Penny ; lottery ; pistols ; oxygenated ; arsenic ; silver ; muriatic acid ; sulpheric acid ; medical ; practitioners ; formula ; experiment ; Brown ; marriage ; Dumphries ; Barclay ; Navy Pay office ; Reid ; Europe ; Corsica ; soldier ; laboratory ; cylinders ; spatulas ; hermetically ; tubes ; Galvanism ; Cruikshanks ; nitrous ; acid ; copper ; Glasgow ; Wilson ; oil of viterol ; architecture ; vegitable ; animal ; mineral ; gravity ; hydrometer ; Encyclopedia Britanica ; metals ; Chapman ; Spanish ; Hawkesbury ; Manganese ; gold ; silver ; diamonds ; Cardiff ; Dudly Adams ; Price ; Portsmouth ; Wilson ; steam engine ; charcoal ; clay ; alkali ; Zinc ; Colbalt ; Sulpher ; Nitrate ; Tartar ; Borax ; Litmas ; Vitriol ; wedgewood ; Phials ; Leigh ; Sotheby ; Fleet Street ; Joseph Hume ; 1796 ; 1815
Lecture 4, 5

Lecture 4, 5

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie in 1783 (?) deal with the properties of air and various experiments that demonstrate these.