Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)
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Electricity, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/17
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on electricity. Special topics include 'animal electricity' and magnetism. There are several minor diagrams.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
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
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