Abstract A representative selection of printed books and maps associated with the scientific subjects taught at the Royal College of Science for Ireland (RCSI) held in UCD Special Collections.
In collection Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVLRA)
1. Index lists
3. Physics
4. Chemistry
5. Zoology
6. Botany
7. Geology
8. Applied Maths and Mechanics
9. Astronomy
10. Forestry
11. Agriculture
12. Art/Exhibition
13. Catalogue
[Index list of RCSI books held in UCD Newsted.] (1698/1871) [View...] |
[Index list of journal titles in UCD Newsted.] (1873/1967) [View...] |
[RCSI numbers of attendence.] (1868/1919) [View...] |
[Maps and sections to accompany the report of the Royal Coal Commission 1871.] (1871) [View...] |
Fodinæ Regales. Or the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales, and the English Pale in Ireland. /By John Pettus. (1670) [View...] |
[De Re Metallica Libri XII]. /By Georg Agricola] (1621) [View...] |
Experimental Researches in Electricity. Vol.1. /By Michael Faraday. (1839) [View...] |
[Photograph of first year physics laboratory, from 'The College of Science for Ireland.'] (1923) [View...] |
The First Step in Chemistry: A New Method for Teaching the Elements of Science. /By Robert Galloway. (1856) [View...] |
[Photograph of laboratory for inorganic chemistry, from 'The College of Science for Ireland.'] (1930/1959) [View...] |
[Photograph in Charles Darwin. 'The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.'] (1872) [View...] |
[Image of Kingfisher in F.O. Morris. 'A History of British Birds. Vol.1.'] (1851) [View...] |
The Irish Flora. [Attributed to Lady Kane.] (1846) [View...] |
[Gaelic Names of Plants (Scottish and Irish)]. /By John Cameron. (1883) [View...] |
The Survey of Western Palestine. /By Edward Hull. (1886) [View...] |
The General Glaciation of Iar-Connaught and its neighbourhood, in the counties of Galway and Mayo. /By G. Henry Kinahan. (1872) [View...] |
8. Applied Maths and Mechanics
Experimental Mechanics: A Course of Lectures delivered at the Royal College of Science for Ireland. /By Robert Ball. (1871) [View...] |
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought. /By George Boole. (1854) [View...] |
The Story of the Sun. /By Robert Ball. (1893) [View...] |
Auroræ: Their Characters and Spectra. /By John Rand Capron. (1879) [View...] |
Forests Woods and Trees. /By Augustine Henry. (1919) [View...] |
['Potato Digging in Ireland' Gardener's Chronicle, vol.18.] (1895-07/1895-12) [View...] |
[Photograph of laboratory of agricultural botany in The College of Science.] (1930/1959) [View...] |
Elements of Agriculture: A Text-book Prepared under the authority of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. /By William Fream. (1892) [View...] |
[Image of throne in M. Digby Wyatt. The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century. Vol. 1.] (1853) [View...] |
[Image of Sarcophagus in Les Arts au Moyen Age, 4e Série] (1838) [View...] |
[Image of Dublin cultural area in Museum Association. Report of Proceedings with Papers Read.] (1800/1899) [View...] |
[Catalogue of the Library of the Royal College of Science for Ireland.] (1852/1872) [View...] |
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