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DEP - Deposited collections of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
AWP - Collection of William Pulteney Alison
1 - Lecture notes Taken by William Pulteney Alison
Ref No
DEP/AWP/1/2
Title
Lecture notes taken by William Pulteney Alison from lectures by Professor John Playfair
Date
1805 - 1806
Description Of Item
John Playfair became joint-Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University, with Dr. Adam Ferguson in 1785. In 1805 he exchanged this for the post of Professor of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh. He died in 1819.
Extent
6 volumes
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