Physics
Subject
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Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
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.
It is assumed that these are Robison's own notes but this has not been verified.
Dates:
c1779-c1801
Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 1, 1785
Item
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
Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 2, 1785
Item
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
Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 3, 1785
Item
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
Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 4, 1785
Item
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
Lectures in Natural Philosophy, volume 5, 1785
Item
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
Machinae, Hydrostaticae, et hydraulicae et Barascopium Hugen:, December 1680
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [157]
Scope and Contents
Novelties seen and sketched by Gregory in Paris. The hydraulic machine caused a doll to fly inside a bottle.
Dates:
December 1680
Material relating to William Black of Aberdeen
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-795
Scope and Contents
The material consists of the Physics courseIntroductio ad physicam specialem, in usum juventutis academicae conscripta1696, and a transcript in both Latin and English along with circa 20 copies of sketches.
Dates:
1693-1696
Matter, Physics, c1780-c1802
Item
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
Minutes, 12 January 1808-16 April 1858
Series
Identifier: Coll-206/1
Scope and Contents
- details of the constitution of the society
- minutes concerning the scientific papers read at society meetings
- minutes concerning membership applications and acceptances by the society
- minutes concerning business matters of the society
Dates:
12 January 1808-16 April 1858