NAHSTE: Papers in Natural History

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Papers in Natural History
Series Summary
Reference Code	GB 0237 John Walker Dc.1.18
Date(s)	1780s
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 bound volume
Name of creator	Walker \| John \| 1731-1803 \| professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh and clergyman
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	'Natural History of the Inhabitants of the Highlands, Book 2, with a glossary. 'Collection of Animals Brought from China an. 1787, by Mr Somerville Wilson, Surgeon of the Lord North Indiaman.' A 1789 museum inventory. Economic evaluation of proposed navigation between the Murray Forth and the Sound of Mull. Addendum to the essay on peat. Tables of mineral genera. Lists of natural history students in Edinburgh from 1782 (approximately 100 mostly handwritten pages of text and tables).
Index
Subjects	Natural History Zoology
People	Walker \| John \| 1731-1803 \| professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh and clergyman
Businesses and Organisations	University of Edinburgh \| Faculty of Medicine \| 1726-: \| university faculty \| Edinburgh (Scotland)
Places	Scotland
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Papers in Natural History