Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)
Person
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Magnetism, c1780-c1803
Item
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
Item
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
Item
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
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/39
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on navigation.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
Notes on musical chords, c1780-c1803
Item
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
Item
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-204/31
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