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'Süd-Polar-Karte von A. Petermann'
'Gez. von Ernst Debes'
'Gest. v. H. Alt u. Stichart'

Ernst Debes and H [ ] Alt and [ ] Stichart after A [ ] Petermann.

Scale: 1 inch to 800 miles

From 'Stieler's Hand-Atlas, (Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1875.), No. 11'.

Foundation stone was laid by Desmond Misselbrook.

Includes P M Thomas (Chairman of Court), Gavin Boyd (later Chairman of Court), Professor Ross (PMMT), and Ian D Muir (Buildings Officer).

Information on a visit to the continent. The Ardeer Works and the cost of its products.

Glasgow College process, 1771-1785; process with Dr MacLeod, 1783-1786; process with Dr W[illia]m Taylor, 1785-1786; process with Mr Richardson 1783-1786.

Printed.

Incomplete (p. 2 only).

Part of leaflet relating to World Missionary Conference. Printed.

Pitkeathly was a teacher at Sharp's Institute, Perth and former student at University of Dundee

Typescript.

Manuscript and printed.
Includes:

• Commentaries on Francis Bacon's and Matthew Arnold's views on the role of universities.
• Newspaper cutting: '"Movies" now aiding teacher in school'. Source unknown. 17 October 1920.
• Newspaper cutting: 'A Scottish Heroine: How Dr. Elsie Inglis surmounted the rebuffs of officialdom'. Source unknown. No date.

Unattributed notes and papers on theories of evolution. Topics include natural selection, sexual selection, anabolism and katabolism, Darwinian theory and 'Wallace's theory supernatural' [the scientific enquiry into the alleged supernatural powers of clairvoyants and mediums conducted in 1866 by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, 1823-1913]. Manuscript and typescript.