Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society)

Lecture Notes of John Robison

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Identifier: Coll-204

Scope and Contents

Lecture notes from the time when Robison was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. The notes embrace the sciences of mechanics, hydrodynamics, astronomy and optics, together with electricity and magnetism.

It is assumed that these are Robison's own notes but this has not been verified.

Dates: c1779-c1801

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

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Identifier: Coll-74

Scope and Contents The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of: personal, organisational and scientific correspondence geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours reprints of his work miscellaneous lecture notes student's lecture notes lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston proofs for...

Dates: 1851-1921

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Quarto A, c1680-c1708

Series — Box Dk.1.2: Series Coll-33/Quarto A; Series Coll-33/Folio B; Series Coll-33/Folio D; Series Coll-33/Folio E

Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A

Scope and Contents The papers of David Gregory in Quarto A consist of: 107 manuscript papers and an index, relating to: theoretical physics, including optics, especially treatises on refraction and colour, on mechanics, specifically on velocity, gravitation, centrifugal and centripetal force, and the movement of solids through fluid, and an occasional thought on magnetic attraction. Applied physics, considering ships,...

Dates: c1680-c1708

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory

University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Lecture Notes of John Robison

Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

Quarto A, c1680-c1708

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