Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)

Hydraulics, c1780-c1802

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Identifier: Coll-204/5

Scope and Contents

Volume contains lectures in hydraulics, with diagrams of such things as pistons, undulation, and the Venturi effect. Some chapter headings are in Cyrillic cursive.

Dates: c1780-c1802

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Hydrostatics, Specific Gravity, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/11

Scope and Contents Unnumbered manuscript notes and letters, with tables and sketches on water moving as a mass, the construction of hydraulic machinery, salts and specific gravity, and the stability of ships, and a printed volume of James Brown's 1785 booklet on "Directions for Proving Any Kind of Spirits, or Strong Waters, by Glass Bubbles". Interesting illustrations include a cutaway drawing of a piston, ca. page 11; cutaway of an oil lamp, ca. page 50; conjectural drawing of a pedestrian wheel for fording...

Dates: c1780-c1803

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Impulsion, Corpuscular Forces, c1780-c1802

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Identifier: Coll-204/6

Scope and Contents

Volume contains lectures in statics and fluid dynamics. Included is a note on what happens upon mixing particular chemicals. A few of the headings are in Russian.

Dates: c1780-c1802

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

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