Pneumatics
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Found in 5 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.
Dates:
c1779-c1801
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, c1780-c1803
Item
Identifier: Coll-204/37
Scope and Contents
Volume contains manuscript notes on pneumatics, much space devoted to pumps in particular. Numerous good diagrams intersperse.
Dates:
c1780-c1803
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