Testimonials regarding Dr D. B. Reid's qualifications as a lecturer on chemistry, and as a teacher of practical chemistry.

Date:
1833
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Credit: Testimonials regarding Dr D. B. Reid's qualifications as a lecturer on chemistry, and as a teacher of practical chemistry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    VIII. From John Baird, Esq. Managing Partner of the Shotts Iron- Works. Shotts Iron Works, by Whitburn, My Dear Sir, 9th February 1833. Your memorial to the Right Honourable the Lord Provost and Gentlemen of the Council, as Patrons of the Uni- versity of Edinburgh, I have read with much satisfaction, and wish you success with all my heart, knowing no man so de- serving, and so well qualified, as you are for the situation con- templated. The great exertions you have made, and are still making, in your valuable class to render Chemistry practically useful, must in time meet that encouragement such unwearied perseverance so highly merits. To every thinking disinterest- ed man, who knows the value of Chemistry, it must be a matter of astonishment that permanent provision for a Prac- tical Chemistry Class has not been made in the University long ere now, by the appointment of a regular Professor. Unless this is done, it cannot be supposed that a properly qualified professional man will devote his whole time and at- tention to it, so absolutely necessary to the success of so ar- duous an undertaking. I shall be truly happy to hear that the Patrons have agreed to appoint a Professor; that you are the man of their choice; and that you shall be placed on an equally independent footing with the other Professors. So highly do I appreciate the great advantage to be derived from your instructions, that, even at my advanced time of life, I would have much pleasure in attending your valuable lectures and experiments, with which I have been occasionally so much delighted and instructed, for a regular course or two,