Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)
Person
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Pendulums,, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/27
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on pendulums and related machinery in clocks. Numerous diagrams intersperse, some of them quite grand. At the rear of the volume are several essays on projectiles.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
Pneumatics, Gunpowder, c1780-c1802
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/8
Scope and Contents
Notes, in English and occasional Russian, on the physics of air, principally pressure differentials and sound propagation. Topics include a lengthy discussion of the function and gross anatomy of the ear, barometrical measurement of height; published chart of comparative altitudes of famous mountain peaks, and the overall constitution of the atmosphere. The second half of the volume covers ballistics, mostly: diagrams, calculations, and records of artillery trials. A short, unrelated section...
Dates:
c1780-c1802
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
Space, Time, Motion, Stability, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/16
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on the geometry of motion and stasis; numerous diagrams attend.
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
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- Atmosphere, Composition of 1
- Chemistry 1
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