20 volumes of lecture notes made by Alexander Porkess whilst a student at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow. The notebooks cover various subjects including mathematics, heat engines and natural philosophy. Many of the notebooks contain photographs, graphs and diagrams. There is also a copy of the thesis presented by Porkess for the Associateship of the Royal Technical College, August 1952. Also a bundle of notes, mainly examination questions and algebra, c. 1950s.
Porkess, Alexander Maclean, b. 1921, student at Royal Technical College, GlasgowHandwritten notes. Includes diagrams and equations.
Handwritten lecture notes, Includes diagrams and equations.
Enclosed: loose notes entitled ‘Course Work in Heat Engines C, Session 1950-1951, report on boiler trial’; loose sheet entitled ‘B.S. Keyways, Keys and Feathers’; loose sheet entitled ‘Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Design ‘C’, Twisting of Rectangular Sections’.
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams and equations.
Enclosed: eight handwritten examination style answers on three loose pages.
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams, equations and glued in worksheets.
Single sheet of algebra, c 1950s;
Single sheet of algebra entitled ‘Mathematics C’, March 1951;
Examination questions entitled 'Complex numbers, Sheet C 2’, c 1950s (4 pp.);
Examination questions entitled 'Fourier Series, Sheet C 1’, c 1950s;
Examination questions entitled ‘Sheet 2. Differential questions’
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams, equations and glued in worksheets. A contents page is included.
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams, equations and glued in worksheets. A contents page is included.
Enclosed: Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering handout entitled 'Heat Engines III Tutorial- Gas Turbine Work'; photocopied tutorial notes.
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams, equations and glued in worksheets. A contents page is included.
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams and equations. A contents page is included.
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams and equations.
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams, equations and glued in worksheets.
Enclosed: ‘Natural Philosophy A. Tutorial Questions’ handout.
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams and equations. A contents page is included.
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams, equations and glued in worksheets.
Handwritten lecture notes. Includes diagrams, equations and glued in worksheets. A contents page is included.