Antony van Leeuwenhoek is widely recognised as the person who discovered the microbial world and I have always been intrigued by this somewhat unusual and eccentric scientific pioneer. Although he […]
25th July 1860:
Wednesday 25th. This morning at…
24th July 1860:
Tuesday 24th. Cut the Pig up this…
A recent arrival is this little collection of scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings about Robert Burns, printed copies of his songs, and letters from keen amateur Burns enthusiasts, collected by Iain MacDougall between…
23rd July 1860:
Monday 23rd. There is very little…
The Library has been granted trial access to Greenleaf Online Library (GOL) over the summer vacation period. GOL is a digitised collection of around 300 ebooks and journal issues published by Greenleaf…
This week we are not really reading items from the collections, but more just admiring them, and then hoping that someone out there may be able read them for us. […]
22nd July 1860:Sunday 22nd. The wind heading us a little this morning. we took in the lee stern sails and braced the Yard 3 or 4 points forward. By observation at noon we were in the same parralel of Latitude as Rio,…
21st July 1860:
Saturday 21st. this morning the wind…
These lovely Tudor chaps messing about with balls and clubs remind us of the long…