Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Corpuscular Forces, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/35
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on the notion that physical interaction between bodies is not a matter of Newtonian forces, governed by Keplerian laws, but of the cumulative effect of collisions and other interactions among particles.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
Physical Astronomy, c1780-c1803
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Identifier: Coll-204/34
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on physical astronomy, which is to say, the governing laws of planetary motion, with numerous diagrams and tables.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
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- Subject: Kepler's Laws X