Laing collection

• Reference:GB 249 SC Laing
• Dates of Creation:1627-1883
• Name of Creator:
  Laing, Alexander, d. 1882, mathematician
• Physical Description:
  10 metres
  Books

• Scope and Content

  Collection of mathematics texts dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries.

• Access Information

  Open

• Acquisition Information

  The collection was formed from the personal library of Alexander Laing who left it as a bequest to Anderson's College.

• Other Finding Aids

  All the books in this collection are catalogued on SUPrimo the University of Strathclyde Library's integrated search service.
  "Search "MLSPLA" to find a full list of titles in the Laing collection":http://bit.ly/2LjMCDL

• Archivist's Note

  Created by Carol Stewart, July 2017.

• Bibliography

  The collection is listed in: 'Catalogue of books bequeathed to Anderson's College by Alexander Laing, LL.D., late professor of mathematics there.' (Glasgow, 1883)

• Additional Information

  published

• Subjects

  Mathematics

• Genre/Form

  Books