In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/40

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Illustration of a plantation rubber washing machine.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/51

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the interior of a tea-leaf withering house in Ceylon [now, known as Sri Lanka] which has rows of para rubber rounds lying on the floor and on shelves being dried.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/53

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of Funtumia Elastica, an African rubber tree with medicinal properties, at the Experiment Station in Issororo, Guyana, South America.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-97/CW1

Date

12 September 1890 to 1895

Creator

Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland)

Description

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael but also used by John Ewen MacRury. The front cover bears a sticker which reads 'Gaelic Notes 1894-5. (Collection of traditions, tales, etc. …