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Physics

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Pendulums,, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/27
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on pendulums and related machinery in clocks. Numerous diagrams intersperse, some of them quite grand. At the rear of the volume are several essays on projectiles.

Dates: c1780-c1803
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Pneumatics, Gunpowder, c1780-c1802

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/8
Scope and Contents Notes, in English and occasional Russian, on the physics of air, principally pressure differentials and sound propagation. Topics include a lengthy discussion of the function and gross anatomy of the ear, barometrical measurement of height; published chart of comparative altitudes of famous mountain peaks, and the overall constitution of the atmosphere. The second half of the volume covers ballistics, mostly: diagrams, calculations, and records of artillery trials. A short, unrelated section...
Dates: c1780-c1802
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

Rotation, Philosphy, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/12
Scope and Contents

Volume contains lecture notes, with only one or two diagrams, of the physics of rotating bodies, and of the nature of physics itself.

Dates: c1780-c1803
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Sounds, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/15
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the science of acoustics. Special topics include ear trumpets and the tuning of instruments. Two or three diagrams attend.

Dates: c1780-c1803
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Space, Time, Motion, Stability, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/16
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the geometry of motion and stasis; numerous diagrams attend.

Dates: c1780-c1803
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Treatises, c1780-c1802

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/7
Scope and Contents

Illustrated print and manuscript treatises on the geometry of motion.

Dates: c1780-c1802
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: buildings plans, 1951-1978

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/D/5
Scope and Contents The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: buildings plans consists of: plans: proposed car park plans, (1971 plans: College of Agriculture, (1954-1974) plans: King's Buildings Centre, (1964-1973) plans: Maths / Physics Institute, (1965-1975) plans: zoology building, (1959-1973 plans: department of animal...
Dates: 1951-1978
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area / University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development

University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: Maths / Physics Institute, 1965-1975

 File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/D/5.4
Scope and Contents

11 copy architectural plans (73cm x 111cm) for the Maths /Physics Institute at the University of Edinburgh King's Buildings. The plans are designed by the architects Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson and consist of a site plan, a grounds plan and floor plans all at 1/16" to 1' scale, and elevations and sections all 1/4" to 1' scale. .

Dates: 1965-1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area / University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development / University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: buildings plans

Varied Motions, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/14
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the geometry of motion, on materials science, and on astronomy; some jotted diagrams and tables attend.

Dates: c1780-c1803
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

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