Alexander Davidson: Student notebooks, Aberdeen University

Scope and Content

Lectures delivered by James Nicol (1810-79), geologist, Professor of Natural History, Aberdeen University, 1853-78; James Clerk Maxwell (1831-79), Professor of Natural Philosophy, Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1857-60; Professor of Natural Philosopy, King's College London, 1860-5; Professor of Experimental Physics, Cambridge, 1871-79.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased 1989

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