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Edinburgh -- Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

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

Rotation, Philosphy, c1780-c1803

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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

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

Space, Time, Motion, Stability, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/16
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: c1780-c1803

Tides, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/33
Scope and Contents

Volume contains print and manuscript notes ostensibly on tides, but mostly on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Treatises, c1780-c1802

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Identifier: Coll-204/7
Scope and Contents

Illustrated print and manuscript treatises on the geometry of motion.

Dates: c1780-c1802

Varied Motions, c1780-c1803

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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