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Correspondence and papers of and concerning John Allan Broun, mostly relating to work on magnetism and meteorology.

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Identifier: Acc.10064/1-172

Dates

  • Creation: 1831-1891, undated.

Creator

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Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

172 Consultation units

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

172 consultation units, inclusive of items numbered 80a and 117a.

The papers have been arranged under the following sections. This is meant only to be a rough guide as there is a great deal of overlap between the sections, both in date and contents.

1-2 Correspondence

3-44 Scientific papers from Makerstoun

45-79 Scientific papers from Trivandrum

80-85 Scientific papers from Augusteer

86-95 Comparisons between Augusteer and Trivandrum

96-116 Eessays, lectures, and manuscripts

117-18 Later papers

119-134 Miscellaneous papers

135-170 Notebooks of calculations

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, 1990, Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Bibliography

Broun's account of his work at Makerstoun is published in 3 volumes of the 'Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh' (volumes XVII-XIX, 1945-1950). His other most important publication is 'Observations of Magnetic Declination made at Trivandrum and Agustia Malley' (London, 1874).
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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