Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)
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Electricity, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes on electricity. Special topics include 'animal electricity' and magnetism. There are several minor diagrams.
Electricity, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes on electricity. Special topics include conductors, dissipation, 'medical' and 'animal' electricity, and thunder. Of special interest is a long epistolary account of a country house seriously damaged by lightning.
Lecture Notes of John Robison
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.
Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 5, 1785
Notes of lectures in Natural Philosophy by Professor Robison taken down by T.C. Hope in 1785.
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