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Close up of a large brass wheel on a steel axel resting on four smaller wheels.

Notebook. An open manuscript book, on the first page titled Natural Philosophy. The text defines natural philosophy and begins describing a history of science from the ancients.

Lecture notes by William Corbet, 1814-1815.

MS 3968

Notebook. An open manuscript book with diagrams of the motion of projectiles and explanatory text.

Motion of projectiles, velocity and forces.

MS 3968

Notebook. An open manuscript book with an ink and watercolour illustration of an air pump consisting of two brass cylinders, tubes, and a glass bell jar in a wooden frame. Glass tubes of various shapes are also illustrated.

Illustration of a double air pump and bell jar.

MS 3968

Notebook. An open manuscript book with an ink and watercolour illustration of a man operating a rudimentary fire engine consisting of three barrels of water with pumps and pipes which spray the water. Other barrels with pipes, and two tall cylindrical pumps are also illustrated.

Illustration of a model fire engine.

MS 3968

Notebook. An open manuscript book with an ink and watercolour illustration of a complex machine consisting of a large pump with weights hanging from it and multiple water reservoirs and channels.

A hydraulic machine with a pump and reservoirs.

MS 3968

Notebook. An open manuscript book with diagrams of two eyeballs, shown in cross section with the lenses highlighted. The path of light through the lens to the retina is shown.

The path of light through an eyeball.

MS 3968

Notebook. An open manuscript book with a simple diagram of the solar system. The planets are illustrated simple details like stripes for Jupiter and a ring for Saturn. The orbits are shown as circles and the apparent size of the sun from each planet depicted.

The planets of the solar system.

MS 3968

Notebook. An open manuscript book with an illustration of an electrostatic generator composed of a rotating cylinder and a comb to collect electric charge.

Illustration of an electrostatic generator.

MS 3968

Notebook. An open manuscript book with diagrams of pulleys and explanatory text.

Notes by Robert Wilson, 1803.

MS 438

Notebook. An open manuscript book with a diagram of two connected toothed wheels, one smaller than the other, with weights hanging from them, and explanatory text.

Notes by John Michell, 1807-1808.

MS 2944

Notebook. An open manuscript book with a drawing of a mountain with a plumbline on either side and explanatory text.

Maskelyne's experiment to find the Earth's density.

MS 2944

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.

Notes by William Knight, 1801.

MS 3995

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Lecture Notes