Title
Notebook. An open manuscript book with an illustration of a pulley system consisting of three pulleys arranged vertically, attached with rope to a single weight. The opposite page has explanatory text.
Identifier
MS 3995
Description
Lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Knight on Natural Philosophy
Volume 1: Institutes of Natural Philosophy 383 pages of lecture notes on natural philosophy with chapters including analysis, synthesis, animal economy, general properties of matter; the divisibility of matter, space, time, motion, ratio. Other sections include Newton's rules of philosophising, mechanics, momentum of bodies, pressure, mechanic powers, balance, axis of tye wheel and pulleys, the inclined planescrew, compound engines, oblique powers, friction, machines and the last chapter is doctrine of projectiles. Uses diagrams and problems to show theories. Details of experiments entered later
Volume 1: Institutes of Natural Philosophy 383 pages of lecture notes on natural philosophy with chapters including analysis, synthesis, animal economy, general properties of matter; the divisibility of matter, space, time, motion, ratio. Other sections include Newton's rules of philosophising, mechanics, momentum of bodies, pressure, mechanic powers, balance, axis of tye wheel and pulleys, the inclined planescrew, compound engines, oblique powers, friction, machines and the last chapter is doctrine of projectiles. Uses diagrams and problems to show theories. Details of experiments entered later
Date
1801
Creator
William Knight
UUID
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