Hydraulics
Subject
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Hydraulics, c1780-c1802
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/5
Scope and Contents
Volume contains lectures in hydraulics, with diagrams of such things as pistons, undulation, and the Venturi effect. Some chapter headings are in Cyrillic cursive.
Dates:
c1780-c1802
Hydraulics, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/26
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on hydraulics. Numerous diagrams append, including an enormous one of a fourteen-foot water wheel.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
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
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