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    William Henry Hill Collection
    Thomson's Life of Cullen (2 volumes)
    1859
    Ref:GB 1784 HILL/27/33
    Location:Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
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  • 2
    Letter from William Thomson to David Steuart Erskine, 1792.
    11 March 1792
    Ref:GB 227 msDA811.T5
    Location:University of St Andrews Special Collections
    Name of creator:
    Thomson William.
    Extent:3pp + address page
    Language:English
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  • 3
    Records of Thomson Shaftmakers, tool producers, Airdrie, Scotland
    1840-1958
    Ref:GB 248 UGC 090
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Name of creator:
    Thomson Shaftmakers.
    Extent:1.76 metres
    Language:English
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  • 4
    Records of City of Glasgow Bank, bankers, Glasgow, Scotland
    In House of Lords: William Muir, Inistrynich, Argyll; William Thomson, Craigbinny, Linlithgow; John Boyd, Edinburgh, as trust disponees for Mrs Mary Murdoch or Syme, and Mrs Sophia M D Murdoch or Boyd, daughters of John Murdoch, Edinburgh v. City of Glasgow Bank and Liquidators. Case for appellants and respondents
    1879
    Ref:GB 248 UGD 108/17
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
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  • 5
    Roslin Slide Collection
    A Bogend-Mungo's Walls Ewe of 1829
    1870s-1930s
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-1434/2742
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Extent:81mm by 81mm 1 slide
    Language:English
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  • 6
    Records of British Alcan plc, aluminium manufacturers, London, England
    1881-1995
    Ref:GB 248 UGD 347
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Name of creator:
    British Alcan plc.
    Extent:37 metres
    Language:English
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  • 7
    Records of Kelvin & Hughes Ltd, scientific instrument makers, Glasgow, Scotland, and London, England
    1876-1961
    Ref:GB 248 UGD 033
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Name of creator:
    Kelvin & Hughes Ltd.
    Extent:0.86 metres
    Language:English
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  • 8
    Correspondence relating to the Scots Law Society
    1842-1860
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-707
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Extent:28 letters (approx)
    Language:English
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  • 9
    Collection of Papers relating to William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
    1856-1907
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-389
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Extent:32 letters, 10 postcards, 1 printed item
    Language:English
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  • 10
    Papers of John 'Soda' Ferguson, 1837-1916; chemist, bibliographer and Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow University, 1874-1915
    1870-1923
    Ref:GB 248 DC 251
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Name of creator:
    Ferguson John (1837-1916: chemist and bibliographer professor of chemistry 1874-1915 University of Glasgow) And his heirs.
    Extent:1.0 metres
    Language:English
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  • 11
    Records of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
    Department of Applied Physics
    1925-1961
    Ref:GB 248 GUA PA
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Extent:0.9 metres
    Language:English
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  • 12
    Records of the Napier family, shipbuilders and marine engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
    1800-1971
    Ref:GB 248 DC 090
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Name of creator:
    Napier Family (fl 1800-1971).
    Extent:8.55 linear metres
    Language:English
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  • 13
    Papers of Professor Peter Guthrie Tait (1831-1901)
    [184-]-[190-]
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-234
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Extent:1 box, 2 notebooks
    Language:English
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  • 14
    Records of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
    Department of Civil Engineering
    1999
    Ref:GB 248 GUA CIV
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Extent:1 item
    Language:English
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  • 15
    Records of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
    Department of Natural Philosophy
    1846-1943
    Ref:GB 248 GUA NP
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Extent:0.37 metres
    Language:English
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  • 16
    Records of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    To be confirmed
    Ref:GB 248 GUA MEC
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Extent:5.5 metres
    Language:English
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  • 17
    Material relating to Albert E. G. Pilliner
    1961-1983
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-1443
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Name of creator:
    Pilliner Albert E G 1909-2003 (lecturer and educational researcher Moray House College of Education).
    Extent:0.5 metres
    Language:English
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  • 18
    Records of the University of Glasgow, Scotland
    Department of Electrical Engineering
    1921-1990s
    Ref:GB 248 GUA EE
    Location:University of Glasgow Archive Services
    Extent:1.4 metres
    Language:English
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  • 19
    The Littlejohn Collection
    Letter from Thomas R. Fraser, W. S. Greenfield, J. C. Ewart, Isaac Bayley Balfour, G. Hunter Stewart, Schafer, John Wyllie, J. Halliday Croom, James Kalka, Arthur Johnson, Arthur Thomson
    5th February 1912
    Ref:GB 779 GD23/2/1/31
    Location:Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Archive
    Extent:1 letter
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  • 20
    Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
    Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from James Croll
    6 March 1866
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-203/1 folio(s) 610
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Extent:1 letter
    Language:English
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