Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh)
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Mechanics, Astronomy,, c1780-c1803
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.
Motion, Mechanics,, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes on mechanics and the geometry of motion.
Navigation, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes on navigation.
Notes on musical chords, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes on the physics of music, with numerous diagrams, including a printed one on the bones of the inner ear.
Optics, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.
Optics, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.
Optics, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.
Pendulums,, c1780-c1803
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.
Physical Astronomy, c1804
Volume consists of lecture notes in astronomy.
Physical Astronomy, c1780-c1803
Volume contains manuscript notes on physical astronomy, which is to say, the governing laws of planetary motion, with numerous diagrams and tables.
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