Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Introductions, c1804
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/2
Scope and Contents
Volume consists of drafts of numerous introductions for various kinds of lectures in 'natural philosophy'. They discuss the use of terms like 'causation' and 'laws', concerned less with scientific facts than with how to study science itself.
Dates:
c1804
Rotation, Philosphy, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/12
Scope and Contents
Volume contains lecture notes, with only one or two diagrams, of the physics of rotating bodies, and of the nature of physics itself.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
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- Dynamics 1
- Rotational Motion (Rigid dynamics) 1