Astronomy

Photographs at Mullard Radioastronomy Observatory, Cambridge, 1957 or after

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Identifier: Coll-37/H.32

Scope and Contents

The material consists of photographs at Mullard Radioastronomy Observatory, Cambridge. The group includes O. R. Frisch and M. Ryle.

Dates: 1957 or after

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Non-print material / Photographs of Edward Appleton, colleagues and friends

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 / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Physical Astronomy, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/34

Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on physical astronomy, which is to say, the governing laws of planetary motion, with numerous diagrams and tables.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Quarto A, c1680-c1708

Series — Box Dk.1.2: Series Coll-33/Quarto A; Series Coll-33/Folio B; Series Coll-33/Folio D; Series Coll-33/Folio E

Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A

Scope and Contents The papers of David Gregory in Quarto A consist of: 107 manuscript papers and an index, relating to: theoretical physics, including optics, especially treatises on refraction and colour, on mechanics, specifically on velocity, gravitation, centrifugal and centripetal force, and the movement of solids through fluid, and an occasional thought on magnetic attraction. Applied physics, considering ships,...

Dates: c1680-c1708

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory

Reports by J.S. Hey and others, 1944-1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.230

Scope and Contents

Reports by J.S. Hey and others. The material is on meteors and it includes O.R.G. Report 348 [Army Operational Research Group] describing observations October 1944-April 1946.

Dates: 1944-1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Meteor Trails / Correspondence and data

Shelf list, s.d.

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [71]

Scope and Contents

Part of what appears to be a shelf list of some library's holdings in astronomy.

Dates: s.d.

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio E

Student notes on natural philosophy taken by George Dalgliesh

Collection — Box CLX-A-1677

Identifier: Coll-2012

Content Description

This notebook contains lectures on the works of Aristotle, dictated by Thomas Craufurd, Regent of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, and taken down by student George Dalgliesh. The lectures cover the third and fourth years of Dalgliesh’s degree, and, besides logic and metaphysics, deal with scientific subjects such as physics, astronomy, and anatomy. The notes are embellished with humorous doodles.

Dates: 1660-1662

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections