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Calculations.

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents containing numerical determinations, such as of quantities, distances, or amounts of time.

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

'Chronometer rates'., 1834.

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Identifier: MS.2462
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates: 1834.

Drawing, plans and measures of and for buildings on the Minto estate., Late 18th century-1875, undated.

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Identifier: MS.13233
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous architectural drawings of Minto House, with a number of sketches for internal architectural details and finishing’s, circa 1797, circa 1875. Further drawings are in MSS.13456-13457, 13462-13464, 13468-13469 (folio 1); (ii) Measures of rooms at Minto, circa 1770, undated (folio 56); (iii) Drawings for the stables at Minto, late 18th century. See also MS.13469 (iv) Miscellaneous drawings, including several for a bridge and waterfall at...
Dates: Late 18th century-1875, undated.

Edinburgh and Yester accounts., 1683-1716.

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Identifier: MS.14656
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Bills, 1696-1706, of Edinburgh merchants and tradesmen for various goods and provisions (folio 1);(ii) Bills, 1687-1703, for cloth, tailoring, etc. (folio 41);(iii) Bills of Edinburgh and Haddington tradesmen: shoemakers, 1683-1703 (folio 106); glover, 1688-1715 (folio 117); wigmaker, 1697 (folio 126); washers, 1691-1701 (folio 128);(iv) Bill, 1715, for five militia coats (folio 147);(v) Receipt,...
Dates: 1683-1716.

Interest accounts of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1775-1792.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.53
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Interest account between the trustees on the estate of Dundas and John Dundas, Writer to the Signet, 17 April 1775-17 January 1785. Some of the material is duplicated or overlapping. It includes calculations of interest (folio 1).

(ii) Interest account between George Dundas of Dundas (died 1792) and John Dundas, Writer to the Signet, 29 April 1785-6 February 1792: account and vouchers (folio 49).

Dates: 1775-1792.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Jinarajadasa to Johnson, Celia., 1807-1926.

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Identifier: MS.40620
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Jinarajadasa, Curuppumullage.Letters, 1902 and undated, of Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa to John Murray IV. Folios 1-6.Joanne, Adolphe Laurent.Letter, 1867, of Adolphe Laurent Joanne to John Murray III. Folio 7.Jobert, Antoine Claude Gabriel.Letters, 1835-1836 and 1845, of Antoine Claude Gabriel Jobert to John Murray II and John...
Dates: 1807-1926.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Hoyos to Hubbard., 1865-1914.

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Identifier: MS.40586
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hoyos, Alice.Letters, 1901 and 1906, of Alice Hoyos to John Murray IV. Folios 1-13.Folios 9-12. French and German press cuttings, ?1906, concerning works of Hermann von Keyserling. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1906, of Alice Hoyos to John Murray IV, folios 5-8.Folio 13. Note, ?1906, regarding Hermann von Keyserling.Hozier, Henry...
Dates: 1865-1914.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Lester to Levo., 1808-1919.

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Identifier: MS.40692
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Lester, John William.Letter, 1846, of John William Lester to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.L’Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingham.Letters, 1865 and 1872, of Alfred Guy Kingham L’Estrange to John Murray III. Folios 3-6.Folio 5v. Copy of a letter, 1872, of John Murray III to Alfred Guy Kingham L’Estrange.L’Estrange, John.Letter,...
Dates: 1808-1919.

Miscellany of journal drafts and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto associated with MSS.11991-11992., 1787, 1830, undated.

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Identifier: MS.11993
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Portion of journal, Paris to Vevey, 27 May-23 June, 1830 (folio 1); (ii) First draft of part of the Breithorn journal, with meteorological notes, 25 August-14 September, 1830 (folio 11); (iii) Ambroise Paccard, 'Nottes Sur la vallée de St. Nicolas en Aout 1830', published in ‘Alpine Journal’, volume xvi, 1893, pages 322-325 (folio 41); (iv) Copy of ‘Journal de Lausanne’, number 24, 21 May 1787, given to the 2nd Earl of Minto by Ambroise Paccard (see MS.11992,...
Dates: 1787, 1830, undated.

Notebook containing notes on distance from Minto House., 1797, 1832, 1860, undated.

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Identifier: MS.13234
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1797, 1832, 1860, undated.

Notebook containing originally two sets of extracts: 'Elegantiae Simulae Inusitatae scribendi formulae, Romanis Authoribus tam Historicis quam Poeticis Diligenter Excerptae', and 'Sententiae Celebriores tam Ethicorum quam Christianorum ex variis autoribus Descriptae’., 18th century.

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Identifier: MS.17796
Scope and Contents

The 'Elegantiae Simulae Inusitatae...' begins on folio 4, and the 'Sententiae Celebriores...’ begins on folio 24. The same hand has added extracts from Gellius and Ennius and notes on Roman measures and money on folios 1-3, and calculations on folios 11-17. The name William Paterson and the dates 1704 and 1707 appear on front and back covers. There are some notes in Lord Milton's hand on folios 17-18. Leaves have been torn out at various points.

Dates: 18th century.

Notebook of J B S Haldane., [?1916-?1930.]

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Identifier: MS.20580
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Names of ironmongers and coal-suppliers arranged geographically, compiled apparently in 1916 in connexion with enquiries pertaining to stores of military significance (folio 1); (ii) A paper entitled 'A biochemical view of some genetical problems' written apparently about 1930, the latest date quoted (several times, e.g. folio 38 verso) (folio 36); (iii) Notes, undated, on explosives (folio 73); (iv) Temperature readings in Delhi, January 1918 (folio 74...
Dates: [?1916-?1930.]

Notebook of J B S Haldane., [?1916-?1920.]

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Identifier: MS.20581
Scope and Contents

The notebook is lacking a few leaves.

The notebook contains names of ironmongers and coal-suppliers, apparently in continuation of MS 20577(i). It was later used for studies in Arabic, including a glossary, written probably whilst J B S Haldane was serving in Mesopotamia; and afterwards for mathematical calculations. A poem on the experiences of Haldane in Mesopotamia is written at folio 40.

Dates: [?1916-?1920.]