Notebooks of Sir James Hall entitled "Chemical experiments made with a view to obviate some of the difficulties in Dr Hutton's 'Theory of the Earth'".
Series
Identifier: MSS.5019-5020
Scope and Contents
The notebooks give a day to day account, with sketches, of experiments made between 1798 and 1806. Most of the material is embodied in a paper read to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 3rd June 1805, entitled 'Account of a series of experiments, showing the effects of compression in modifying the action of heat'.
Dates
- Creation: 1798-1806, 1809.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
2 Volumes ; Folio.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Custodial History
The papers were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Hodgson’s, 27 February 1947, lot 98.
Bibliography
The paper 'Account of a series of experiments, showing the effects of compression in modifying the action of heat', was published separately in 1805, and was reprinted in the Royal Society of Edinburgh's “Transactions”, volume vi, in 1812.
For a brief description of the experiments, see V A Eyles, 'Sir James Hall, Bt. (1761-1832)', in “Endeavour”, volume xx (1961), pages 210-216.
For a brief description of the experiments, see V A Eyles, 'Sir James Hall, Bt. (1761-1832)', in “Endeavour”, volume xx (1961), pages 210-216.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk