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Miscellaneous 1861

Title

Miscellaneous 1861

Creator

Royal Dublin Society. Library

Date

1861

Publisher

Royal Dublin Society, printed at the University Press, by M. H. Gill

Identifier

RDS_proc_97_1860_1861_misc.pdf

Subject

Botany. Ireland. 19th century
National Botanic Gardens (Ireland)
Education. Ireland. 19th century
Royal Dublin Society. Library

Description

Minutes of evidence taken at the special meetings of the Council ... "to investigate the transaction in which the Librarian was concerned ..." Letter from the librarian, Edw. Richards Purefoy Colles, to the president, vice-presidents, and members of the Royal Dublin Society, dated February 21, 1861.
Annual reports of the officers of the Royal Dublin Society.
Correspondence between the government and the Royal Dublin Society relative to the proposed opening of the Botanic Gardens on Sundays.
Report of the examination for general and commercial certificates held on Tuesday, May 22, 1861, and following days. Memorandum ...
Catalogue of books added to the Library ...
Syllabus of a course of twelve lectures on the Zoology of the British Isles ... by John Robert Kinahan.
Syllabus of a course of lectures on meteorology and the physics of the earth ... by William Barker.
Syllabus of a course of lectures on chemistry by W. K. Sullivan.
Syllabus of the second part of a course of lectures on physical geography by J. Beete Jukes.
Syllabus of the second part of a course of lectures on natural philosophy by William Barker.
Syllabus of a course of twelve lectures on the structure and functions of the chief parts of plants ... by Edmund W. Davy.
Cours de littérature Française, siècle de Louis XIV par Monsieur D. Pontet.
Syllabus of a course of twelve lectures on botany by William H. Harvey.
Examination paper for premiums and certificates in agricultural chemistry, March 23, 1861.

Source

RDS proceedings, volume 97, August 2, 1860 to June 27, 1861

Contributor

Davy, Edmund Williams, 1826-1898
Jukes, Joseph Beete, 1811-1869
Barker, William, fl. 1837
Pontet, Désiré
Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
Colles, Edmund Richards Purefoy, b.1798-c.1880
Kinahan, John Robert, 1828-1863
Sullivan, William Kirby, 1820-1890

Rights

Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Relation

RDS proceedings

Format

Printed bound volume

Language

English

Coverage

1860-1861

Original Format

Bound volume

Collection

RDS Proceedings

Citation

Royal Dublin Society. Library, “Miscellaneous 1861,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 11, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/2668.

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