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Notes of lectures delivered by Robert Bell, Writer to the Signet, on conveyancing in Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.24.6.14-24.6.15
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The lectures were delivered during winter session, 1798-1799.

Dates: 1798-1799.

Notes of lectures of Christoph Adam Rupert on Sallust at Altdorf.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.7
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‘C. Salustuis Crispus, privatis prælectionibus explicatuset emendates a V.C. Lce C.A. Ruperto histor. In universitate Altorphina D. A neat manuscript of notes of prælections'.

Dates: 1639-1640.

Notes of lectures of Gottfried Olearius, ‘De notitia autorum comparanda’ at Leipzig.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.5a
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A neat manuscript of ‘Gottfried Olearii Lipsiensis Notitia auctorum’ divided into the following heads:

De methodo recte judicandi de librus De ratione legendi libros De philolosia in genere, linguis et eloquentia De scriptorilus historicus De scriptorilus philosophicis

Dates: Early 18th century.

Notes of lectures of J F Gronovius on Tacitus, ‘Annals’, books 1-6, at Leyden.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.9
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'Dictata Joh. Fred. Gronovii ad Corn. Taciti annales’. Neat notes of prælections.

Dates: 18th century.

Notes of lectures on actions, possibly by Allan Maconochie, Professor of public law at Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.6.4(i)-(ii)
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The first page of the manuscript is dated 10th October 1783.

Dates: 1783.

Notes of lectures on natural history delivered by Robert Jameson, Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh.

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Identifier: MS.3936
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Notes on ornithology (folio 102) may be by 'W.McC.' (see list of contents, folio 5).

Dates: 1831-1832.

Notes of lectures on Sir George Mackenzie’s ‘Institutions’, delivered by Alexander Bayne, Professor of the Scots law at Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.6.18
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The lecture notes were ‘collected by Mr John Fraser, student of civil and Scots laws. Written at Edinburgh by Thomas Ross, Anno 1727’.

Dates: 1727.

Notes of the lectures of Sir James Young Simpson, titled, "Midwifery by Dr. Simpson, Edinburgh, Nov. '52", taken, partly in shorthand, by Frederick Cock.

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Identifier: MS.3542
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Pages 120-134 deal with Chloroform, its history, discovery, effects, and the rules for its use. On pages 240-241 there are drawings of apparatus for the use of chloroform.

Dates: 1852.

Notes of the lectures on Scots law delivered by David Hume, Professor of Scots law at Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.6.10(i)-(iv)
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Apparently intended by the annotator as transcripts for publication.

Dates: 1822.

Notes on Aristotle and Sacrobosco written by Alexander Henryson (M.A. 1614) from the lectures of Regent James Reid at Edinburgh University .

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Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.3
Scope and Contents The works discussed are: Aristotle:‘Ethica Nicomachea’ (folios 3-48);‘Physica’ (folios 49-95);‘de Caelo’ (folios 97-111 recto);Johannes de Sacrobosco: ‘de Sphera’ (folios 111 verso-171); Aristotle:‘de Generatione et Corruptione’ (folios 172-210);‘Meteorologica’ (folios 211-222); and,‘de Anima’ (folios 223-284). There are also some notes on religious and...
Dates: 1613-1614.

Notes on astronomy, from the lectures of Professor William Law at Edinburgh University, by John Erskine.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.22.7.3
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The notes consist of commentaries on Ptolomy`s ‘Almagest’ and descriptions of the rotations of the planets, with several sketches. There is also part of a lecture on biology (‘De Corpore Animato`, folio 79); some pages are missing at the end of the latter lecture.

Dates: 1693.

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