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<rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/11401">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Notebook. An open manuscript book with diagrams of pulleys and explanatory text.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Robert Wilson, surgeon and traveller: Volume one of lectures in Natural Philosophy given by Professor Copland and taken down by Robert Wilson<br />
<br />
Volume one of lectures on Natural Philosophy given by Professor Copland at Marischal College Aberdeen and taken down by Robert Wilson, 1803. The volume is paginated and contains diagrams on pages 47 - 50, 54 - 57, 59, 66, 68, 73 and 92. Topics covered include the following: Absolute and relative (page 15) Attraction (page 20) Of repulsion (page 29) Second law of motion (page 36) Third law of motion (page39) Of the balance (page51) Axis and wheel (page 53) Pulley (page 55) The screw (page 61)]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Robert Wilson (1787 - 1871), Physician and Traveller]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1803]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[MS 438]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/11400">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Pencil sketch of a classroom in old Marischal College. A tall ceilinged room with five long wooden desks and benches, a lectern, a fireplace, a simple chandelier and a large window with shutters in an arched alcove.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Pencil sketch of a classroom in old Marischal College, from an album of exterior and interior views of the building.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Stuart]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early 19th century.]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[MARISCHAL 2/2/5]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/11399">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Pencil sketch of old Marischal College. A large rectangular building with four floors. It has a stone archway containing big wooden doors, large rectangular windows and blocks of chimneys. Adjoining the building is a rectangular tower with seven floors which has a round turret running up the side.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Pencil sketch attached to paper backing paper with title &#039;Front view of Old Marischal College, by Alexander Stuart, early 19th century.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Stuart]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Early 19th century.]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[MARISCHAL 2/2/6]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/11398">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Close up of a mechanism with brass wheels on a stand.]]></dcterms:title>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/11397">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Portrait of Patrick Copland. Oil painting of a youngish looking white man in late middle age. He has grey eyes and short dark brown, slightly curly hair. He is wearing a black coat with a white neckerchief.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Oil painting]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[John Moir (1775-1857)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Probably 1800-1815]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Oil painting]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/11396">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Close up of a large brass wheel on a steel axel resting on four smaller wheels.]]></dcterms:title>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/18382">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Electrostatic generator. A green glass ball mounted on a spindle with a crank in a wooden frame, with a cushion pressing against the bottom of the ball.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[NB: The 1823 inventory of Copland&#039;s collection lists some glass globe generators like this one, but the provenance of this generator is unknown. It is certainly of an 18th century design so Copland would have had one very similar at least. While it cannot be identified as part of Copland&#039;s collection it is included for illustrative purposes.<br />
<br />
Small green glass globe with continuous rod through the globe. A cushion fitted to the base of the machine rubs the underside of the globe. Gearing between handle and globe.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1700-1800]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[glass, wood, metal, steel<br />
Length (base): 203 mm Diameter (globe): 101 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDUA:18382]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/11394">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Dip quadrant. A long steel needle mounted on a brass stand allowing it to rotate in one direction. An arc of brass projects from the base of the stand in the same direction as the rotation of the needle. The arc is marked with a degrees scale.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[For determining the angle of tilt from the vertical of the local magnetic field. Brass dip quadrant calibrated at 2 degree intervals from 0 (at bottom) to 84 degrees on circular brass base with embeeded lead weight. Pivoted lozenge-shaped needle pointed at both ends is centrally balanced on pivot. Stamped on base &#039;Univ. Abdn. Nat. Phil.&#039; and also with paper label on base &#039;The Property of the University of Aberdeen&#039;.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1790-1840]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[brass]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ADBNP:202091a]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/11393">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Combustion tube. A glass tube about 40 centimetres long with brass fittings and turned wooden knobs on either end. On one end the knob can be pulled or pushed to operate a plunger inside the tube.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Thick glass tube with hand operated piston with brass end caps; wooden &#039;doorknob&#039; handles at either end; inflammable vapour is inserted into tube (ether?) and then compressed firmly with piston; when compression is high enough the vapour spontaneously explodes with flash (explosion of vapour under compression is principal behind diesel engine, demonstration predates Diesel&#039;s development by a century).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1780-1810]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[glass, brass, wood, metal<br />
length 410 mm; diameter 50 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDNP:201763a]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://exhibitions.abdn.ac.uk/university-collections/document/11392">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Spark or flicker tube. A glass tube with bulbous brass ends and a spiral of silver metal dots running along the inside.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Glass tube with brass ends; with ball terminals; inside tube is spiral of small metal discs each seperated by gap of less than 1 mm; when tube is placed across an electrostatic generator, a spiral discharge is seen around inside of tube caused by sparking between metal discs]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1780-1810]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[glass, brass, metal<br />
length 330 mm; diameter 25 mm]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Physical Object]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ABDNP:201762a]]></dcterms:identifier>
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