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Found in 254 Collections and/or Records:

Mechanics, Astronomy,, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/28
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on general mechanics, and on pulleys and wedges in particular, and wheels and axles. There are subsidiary discussions of things like collision and the mechanics of muscular action. The astronomy notes promised on the book's spine describe how to manage the study of the heavens with big machines. Numerous small diagrams intersperse throughout the book. Some terms appear in Russian.

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

Motion, Mechanics,, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/23
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on mechanics and the geometry of motion.

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

Navigation, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/39
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on navigation.

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

Notes on musical chords, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/25
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the physics of music, with numerous diagrams, including a printed one on the bones of the inner ear.

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

Opening lecture for the Training, Theory and Practice of Education course, 8 Oct 1930

 File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/3/3
Scope and Contents Thomson outlines the structure of the course and describes what is expected of the students, the value of practical experience, and the difficulties of offering practical experience alongside teaching on a training course. He also discusses the problem of practical experience impinging on written work and study, and how students can manage their time accordingly. Thomson describes the importance of ensuring the knowledge the students have of various classes is brought together,...
Dates: 8 Oct 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Unpublished materials authored by Thomson / Lectures / Titled <emph>Some non-mathematical papers of my Father's, including some of his Bingley lectures, KEEP, H.T 1963</emph>

Optics, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/24
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.

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

Optics, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/31
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.

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

Optics, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/40
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.

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

Papers of John Baillie, 1900-1964

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: BAI 1
Scope and Contents

school and university notes; awards and achievements; lectures, addresses and broadcasts; sermons and prayers; manuscripts of published works; papers relating to the World Council of Churches, British Council of Churches, General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and other organisations; personal and professional correspondence

Dates: 1900-1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers

Papers of the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning, 1963-1983

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/1
Scope and Contents Papers of the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning consists of: minutes, reports and correspondence, (1964-1976) City of Edinburgh Planning and Transport Study - reports, (1971) collected reports concerning transportation planning in Edinburgh, (1963-1983) plans: Tollcross CDA development brief, (1970) scenic...
Dates: 1963-1983
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area / Committee Papers

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