Merchiston Tower
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Title
Merchiston Tower
Description
15C home of "Marvellous Merchiston", the mathematician and thinker John Napier, inventor of logarithms. Superb painted and plaster ceilings including one from Prestongrange which was inserted when the tower was restored. The Napier University buildings (not open) were added in 1961 by Alison and Hutchison.
Source
edinburgh
Date
15C
Type
Museum
Identifier
1714
Spatial Coverage
current,55.86362,-4.261207;
Museum Item Type Metadata
Street
Napier University
Place
Edinburgh
IsNewThisYear
No
AddressLine2
10 Colinton Road
WC
No
DisabledWC
No
DisabledAccess
No
Refreshments
No
EventsForChildren
No
Parking
No
HearingLoop
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
ID
9156
IsIncludedThisYear
No
Postcode
EH10 5DT
Citation
“Merchiston Tower,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1712.
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