Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
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
Hydraulics, c1780-c1803
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Identifier: Coll-204/26
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on hydraulics. Numerous diagrams append, including an enormous one of a fourteen-foot water wheel.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
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
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
Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 2, 1785
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Identifier: Coll1371/2
Scope and Contents
Notes of lectures in Natural Philosophy by Professor Robison taken down by T.C. Hope in 1785.
Dates:
1785
Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 3, 1785
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Identifier: Coll1371/3
Scope and Contents
Notes of lectures in Natural Philosophy by Professor Robison taken down by T.C. Hope in 1785.
Dates:
1785
Pneumatics, Gunpowder, c1780-c1802
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Identifier: Coll-204/8
Scope and Contents
Notes, in English and occasional Russian, on the physics of air, principally pressure differentials and sound propagation. Topics include a lengthy discussion of the function and gross anatomy of the ear, barometrical measurement of height; published chart of comparative altitudes of famous mountain peaks, and the overall constitution of the atmosphere. The second half of the volume covers ballistics, mostly: diagrams, calculations, and records of artillery trials. A short, unrelated section...
Dates:
c1780-c1802
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- Fluids 5
- Hydrodynamics 5
- Dynamics 4
- Mechanics 4
- Physics 4
- Edinburgh -- Scotland 3
- Pneumatics 3
- Astronomy 1
- Atmosphere, Composition of 1
- Geometry, Elemental 1
- Hydrometer 1
- Salts 1
- Ships 1
- Specific Gravity 1
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