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Printed materials. Object genre.

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 1186 Collections and/or Records:

Notes and observations of the 2nd Earl of Minto relating to his scientific interests., [Circa 1830]-1851.

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Identifier: MS.12235
Scope and Contents

Includes a printed paper of the Swiss scientist, Samuel Baup, "Détermination Barométrique de l'Altitude de Plusieures Localités dans les Cantons de Vaud, Fribourj et Vaiais" (no publisher, 1850), incorporating altitudes calculated by the 2nd Earl of Minto (folios 77-86).

Dates: [Circa 1830]-1851.

'Notes taken during a tour of Italy in the autumn of 1830', Part I, covering the journey to Italy through Holland, Germany and Switzerland., 1830.

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Identifier: MS.8923
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The main Italian towns visited are Venice, Bologna, Milan, Genoa, and Pisa.

The last folio is a printed flysheet guide to the Church of Notre Dame, Verona, and has been tipped in.

Dates: 1830.

Opinions and answers of James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour, to memorials., 1738-1746.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.1.25
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Contains copies of charters of the 15th century at the beginning of the volume.

Dates: 1738-1746.

Orders of battle, dispositions, printed reports, and other papers, chiefly relating to the campaigns of the Duke of Marlborough, 1707-1711., 1707-1713, 1722.

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Identifier: MS.2880
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Includes also some papers connected with the command of the Duke of Ormonde, 1712-1713, instructions for pressing men, 1711, and a printed disposition of the troops attending the Duke of Marlborough's funeral, 1722.

Dates: 1707-1713, 1722.

Orders regarding naval signals by flag, gun, light, bell, drum, and musket, supplementary to those given in general printed sailing and fighting instructions., 1760-1761.

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Identifier: MS.3163
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A printed book with blank spaces for the insertion of the signals ordered by a particular command. Copy issued by Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, to the Honourable Charles Napier, commanding H M S Cygnet, 1760-1761, with the blanks filled up in manuscript, manuscript instructions pasted in, and coloured illustrations in the margin.

Dates: 1760-1761.

Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).

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Identifier: MS.14883
Scope and Contents This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...
Dates: 17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.