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

 Person

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Gravity, Measure of Forces, c1780-c1802

 Item
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

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

Lecture Notes of John Robison

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-204
Scope and Contents

Lecture notes from the time when Robison was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. The notes embrace the sciences of mechanics, hydrodynamics, astronomy and optics, together with electricity and magnetism.

It is assumed that these are Robison's own notes but this has not been verified.

Dates: c1779-c1801

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

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