The material is composed of notebooks of lectures on engineering taken at Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt College (now Heriot-Watt University) between 1924 and 1927. The notebooks are entitled Moments of inertia, and Calculus, Tabular method, and Statics.
Collection of Engineering Lectures noted by Douglas Govan Sutherland (fl. 1925)
This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
- Reference
- GB 237 Coll-511
- Dates of Creation
- 1924-1927
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 4 notebooks Access to records in a fragile condition may be restricted.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Douglas Govan Sutherland obtained an Edinburgh University B.Sc. in 1927.
Access Information
Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance.
Acquisition Information
Notebooks acquired 1973, Accession no. E73.26.
Note
Compiled by Graeme D Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections Division.
Other Finding Aids
Important finding aids generally are: the alphabetical Index to Manuscripts held at Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and Archives, consisting of typed slips in sheaf binders and to which additions were made until 1987; and the Index to Accessions Since 1987.
Accruals
Check the local Indexes for details of any additions.