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Talk at Members' Centre of

National Trust for Scotland

  November 27, 2014

13.

Edinburgh at Work

Teaching

Merchiston Castle School

COLINTON

Coat of Arms

Merchiston Castle School  -  School sign, with school and grounds in the background

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken:  February 13, 2013

The Main School Building and Drive

Merchiston Castle School  -  The main School Building and Drive

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                   Photograph taken:  February 13, 2013

 

Grandfather Clock and Portrait of a Headmaster

Thomas Harvey MA LLD, Headmaster from 1856 to 1863

Merchiston Castle School  -  View of Gibson House through a window in the main school building

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken:  February 13, 2013

Entrance Staircase

Leading to the Hall

Merchiston Castle School  -  Entrance Staircase leading to the Hall

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken:  February 13, 2013

Hall and Organ

View from entrance to the Hall

Merchiston Castle School  -  Hall and Organ  -  View from entrance to the Hall

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                                                                                                  Photograph taken:  February 13, 2013

Chemistry Lesson

Mr Main, Chemistry Teacher, conducts an experiment for Shell Class  -   usually known as 'Year 10' in England or as 'S3'in  Scotland

Shaking the bottle (containing what?) to create oxygen

Merchiston Castle School  -  Chemistry Lesson -  February 2013

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Chemistry Lesson

Ignition!  Faces are lit up by the burning oxygen

Merchiston Castle School  -  Chemistry Lesson -  February 2013

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Chemistry Lesson

Explaining the theory behind the experiment  -  zoom-in to Mr Main and his class

Merchiston Castle School  -  Chemistry Lesson -  February 2013

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