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Corpuscular Forces, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/35
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the notion that physical interaction between bodies is not a matter of Newtonian forces, governed by Keplerian laws, but of the cumulative effect of collisions and other interactions among particles.

Dates: c1780-c1803
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 1, 1785

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Identifier: Coll1371/1
Scope and Contents

Notes of lectures in Natural Philosophy by Professor Robison taken down by T.C. Hope in 1785.

Dates: 1785
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 2, 1785

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Identifier: Coll1371/2
Scope and Contents

Notes of lectures in Natural Philosophy by Professor Robison taken down by T.C. Hope in 1785.

Dates: 1785
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 3, 1785

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Identifier: Coll1371/3
Scope and Contents

Notes of lectures in Natural Philosophy by Professor Robison taken down by T.C. Hope in 1785.

Dates: 1785
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 4, 1785

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Identifier: Coll1371/4
Scope and Contents

Notes of lectures in Natural Philosophy by Professor Robison taken down by T.C. Hope in 1785.

Dates: 1785
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 5, 1785

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Identifier: Coll1371/5
Scope and Contents

Notes of lectures in Natural Philosophy by Professor Robison taken down by T.C. Hope in 1785.

Dates: 1785
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Physical Astronomy, c1804

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Identifier: Coll-204/30
Scope and Contents

Volume consists of lecture notes in astronomy.

Dates: c1804
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 5
 

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