Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)
Person
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Fluxions, c1780-c1808
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/20
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on the calculus.
Dates:
c1780-c1808
Gravity, Measure of Forces, c1780-c1802
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Identifier: Coll-204/9
Scope and Contents
Notes in English, with occasional Russian headings, in basic physics like 'impulsion' and the measurement of forces. There are one or two mechanical sketches.
Dates:
c1780-c1802
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
Item
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
Intellectual System, Natural Laws, c1780-c1803
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Identifier: Coll-204/13
Scope and Contents
Volume contains notes on the philosophy of science and pedagogy.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
Introductions, c1779-c1801
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Identifier: Coll-204/1
Scope and Contents
Volume consists of drafts of numerous introductions for various kinds of lectures in 'natural philosophy', the first dated October 26, 1779, and possibly bearing the name of David Hume.
Dates:
c1779-c1801
Introductions, c1804
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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
Introductions, c1804
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Identifier: Coll-204/29
Scope and Contents
Volume consists of drafts of numerous introductions to 'natural philosophy'. They discuss the use of terms and laws, concerned less with scientific facts than with how to study science itself.
Dates:
c1804