Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)
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Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Charles Hope: Notes from lectures given by John Robison
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1371
Scope and Contents
5 volumes of notes taken at the lectures given by John Robison.
Dates:
c1780s
Tides, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/33
Scope and Contents
Volume contains print and manuscript notes ostensibly on tides, but mostly on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
Treatises, c1780-c1802
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/7
Scope and Contents
Illustrated print and manuscript treatises on the geometry of motion.
Dates:
c1780-c1802
Varied Motions, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/14
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on the geometry of motion, on materials science, and on astronomy; some jotted diagrams and tables attend.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
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- Fluids 6
- Lectures and Lecturing 5
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- Pneumatics 5
- Electricity 4
- Magnetism 4
- Motion 3
- Chemistry 2
- Chronometers 2
- Geometry, Elemental 2
- Kepler's Laws 2
- Mathematics 2
- Philosophy 2
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- Calculus 1
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- Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland 1
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- Hydrostatics 1
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