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Lecture Notes of John Robison

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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.
Dates: c1779-c1801
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

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 / Coll-1371, Thomas Charles Hope: Notes from lectures given by John Robison

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 / Coll-1371, Thomas Charles Hope: Notes from lectures given by John Robison

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Coll-1371, Thomas Charles Hope: Notes from lectures given by John Robison

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 / Coll-1371, Thomas Charles Hope: Notes from lectures given by John Robison

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 / Coll-1371, Thomas Charles Hope: Notes from lectures given by John Robison

Machinae, Hydrostaticae, et hydraulicae et Barascopium Hugen:, December 1680

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Coll-33, Papers of David Gregory / Folio C

Material relating to William Black of Aberdeen

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Material relating to William Black of Aberdeen

Matter, Physics, c1780-c1802

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Coll-204, Lecture Notes of John Robison

Minutes, 12 January 1808-16 April 1858

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Identifier: Coll-206/1
Scope and Contents
  1. details of the constitution of the society
  2. minutes concerning the scientific papers read at society meetings
  3. minutes concerning membership applications and acceptances by the society
  4. minutes concerning business matters of the society
Dates: 12 January 1808-16 April 1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Coll-206, Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society

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