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

 Person

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

Magnetism, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/32
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on magnetism, with numerous diagrams and tables.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Matter, Physics, c1780-c1802

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Identifier: Coll-204/4
Scope and Contents

Volume contains lectures on the nature of matter, and on its behaviour in the physical universe.

Dates: c1780-c1802

Mechanics, c1802

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Identifier: Coll-204/3
Scope and Contents

Subtitled 'Theory of Machines', pulleys and kites among them, this volume contains lectures on dynamics and statics, with attendant calculations and diagrams.

Dates: c1802

Mechanics, Astronomy,, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/28
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on general mechanics, and on pulleys and wedges in particular, and wheels and axles. There are subsidiary discussions of things like collision and the mechanics of muscular action. The astronomy notes promised on the book's spine describe how to manage the study of the heavens with big machines. Numerous small diagrams intersperse throughout the book. Some terms appear in Russian.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Motion, Mechanics,, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/23
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on mechanics and the geometry of motion.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Navigation, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/39
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on navigation.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Notes on musical chords, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/25
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the physics of music, with numerous diagrams, including a printed one on the bones of the inner ear.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Optics, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/24
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Optics, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/40
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Optics, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/31
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.

Dates: c1780-c1803

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Archival Object 50
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Subject
Edinburgh -- Scotland 38
Physics 19
Dynamics 17
Mechanics 14
Astronomy 9