Outlines of Mechanical Philosophy (notes taken at lectures given by John Robison)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1370
Scope and Contents
Heavily annotated Outlines of Mechanical Philosophy with inserts, bearing extensive manual revisions from as late as 1803.
Dates
- Creation: 1780-1803
Creator
- Unknown (Unknown) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
John Robison (1739-1805) was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1774-1805. He lectured on a broad range of scientific subjects including mechanics, hydrodynamics, astronomy, optics, electricity and magnetism, introducing a good deal of mathematical demonstration.
Extent
1 volume
Physical Location
Gen.2012
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession E.77.6 (18 Feb 1977)
Processing Information
Catalogued by Duncan Fisher12 May 2002 for the NAHSTE project
Updated, Grant Buttars 16 May 2012
- Title
- Outlines of Mechanical Philosophy
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
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Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk