Manuscript.
On science and industrial progress; nature studies; the Nature Study Movement; regional surveys; civics; the drift of science; classification of the sciences; notations; catacombs; economics; ethics. Reference to Robert Flint's 'Philosophy as Scientia Scientiarum and a History of Classification of the Sciences'. Mention of [Charles] Renouvier. Manuscript with diagrams.
Manuscript.
Herbertson, Andrew John, 1865–1915, geographerManuscript, typescript and printed. Includes: diagram of roof of Outlook Tower showing possible arrangement of apparatus; letter from John Aitken regarding elementary classes he has been asked to take; newspaper cutting, source unknown, being a review of 'Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology' by Robert de Courcy Ward; letter from A.N.R. Goldie of the Meteorological Office.
Includes correspondence from: H.N. Dickson of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom; Angus Rankin of Ben Nevis Observatories; Messrs. Negretti and Zambra, Meteorological Instrument Makers; J. Duclau[x]; and R.T. Ormond. Also list from the Royal Society of apparatus available on government grant. Reference to 'Etudes sur L'Hygrométrie' by V. Regnault. Manuscript, typescript and printed.
Also report from the Council to the General Meeting of members of the [Scottish Meteorological Society].
Correspondence related to lectures on Technical Education.
Letter and enclosure covering organisational aspects of King's College and a Scheme of Organisation of the Bedford Park Club.
Five versions of a photograph of a group of people at the courtyard of the New College, placed on the stair in front of the entrance into the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh. Patrick Geddes: front row, sixth from the right.
Anon. [Alexander A. Inglis]
Inglis, Alexander A., 1881-1913, photographerCorrespondence related to the financial losses and debts incurred by the Town and Gown Association. The correspondence also covers the debt owed to Henry Beveridge and rent arrears for the Outlook Tower, and Patrick Geddes' efforts to secure a new loan.
Manuscript and printed.