Heriot-Watt University, 1821-present.
University Collection, 1821-present.
Physics-related material includes: 1)Administrative material relating to development of physics teaching, 1820 to present (annual reports, committee material, etc.); 2)Syllabi, 1820-present, (includes examination papers); 3)Faculty/Departmental papers, 1966-present; 4)Research papers/reports by department and staff, 1950s-present; 5)Limited biographical material on Heads of Department/Staff, 1820s-present, including: William Galbraith (1821-1822), George Buchanan (1822-1824), George Lees (1824-1854) (then to Dept. Mathematics, University of St. Andrews); William Lees (1854-1901) (son of above; author of text on 'Acoustics, Light & Heat' 1876; Sir Francis G. Ogilvie (Principal 1886-1900; Professor of Physics & Electrical Engineering only); R. Mullineux Walmsley (1890-1895); Francis Gibson Baily (1896-1910) (& thereafter Electrical engineering only); (Sir) Peter Innes (c. 1908-1912) (Head of Dept. from 1910); William Watson (1912-1944); W. H. J. Childs (Professor of Physics, 1947-1969) S. D. Smith (Professor of Physics, 1969-present); Robert A. Smith (Principal, 1968-1974) (& previously at Massachusetts Institute of Technology); C. R. Pidgeon (1970-present. Chair in Semi-conductor Physics from 1982); P. G. Harper (Professor of Theoretical Physics, 1972-date); B. C. Cavenett (1987-date; from 1988, Chair in Optoelectronic Materials). Principal areas of teaching and research include: Natural ('Mechanical') Philosophy: from 1821; Optics, Magnetism, Electricity, Heat, from 1820s; Theoretical Mechanics: from ? 1860s; Electrical Engineering: from 1870s; Seismography and Sound Detection - 1914-1918 war research; Thermal Diffusion: 1930s; Opthalomology (development of earlier optics) - from 1920s-1960s; Applied Physics: from 1954; Radioactive Materials: lab. established in 1960s; Crystallography: 1960s; Nonlinear Optics, Satellite Meteorology, Semiconductor Physics; Laser Technology; Optoelectronics: 1970s & 1980s-date.
Edinburgh School of Arts founded in 1821, as early Mechanics Institute. After merger in 1854, became "Watt Institution & School of Arts,' as memorial to James Watt (inventor). 1885 merged with George Heriot's Trust (Educational Charitable Foundation) to become 'Heriot-Watt College.' 1966 became first of new technological universities established after Robbins Report.
College administrators -- Scotland -- Records and correspondence.
Crystallography
Electrical engineering
Electricity.
Heat.
Lasers -- Technological innovations.
Magnetism
Mechanics -- Study and teaching.
Mechanics, Analytic.
Lasers
Optoelectronics
Optics
Physics -- Study and teaching
Radioactive substances -- Research
Satellite meteorology
Seismology
Solid state physics
Sound -- Research.
Thermal diffusivity.
Universities and colleges -- Scotland -- Administration.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Science -- England.
Collective biographies. aat
Examinations. aat
Records. -- Administrative records. aat
Annual reports. aat aat
School records. -- Faculty papers. aat
School records. -- Syllabi. aat
Baily, Francis, 1774-1844
Buchanan, George.
Cavenett, B. C.
Childs, W. H. J.
Galbraith, William.
Harper, P. G.
Innes, Peter, Sir.
Lees, George.
Lees, William.
Ogilvie, Francis G., Sir.
Pidgeon, C. R.
Smith, Robert A.
Smith, S. D.
Walmsley, R. Mullineux.
Watson, William.
Edinburgh School of Arts.
Heriot-Watt College.
Mechanics Institute (Edinburgh, Scotland).
Watt Institution & School (Edinburgh, Scotland).
AIP-ICOS
Heriot-Watt University. Archive. Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, United Kingdon