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A wooden cube with two brass and turned wooden handles projecting diagonally backwards from the sides, and a small brass plate projecting backward from the top. The plate rests on a stand with a point. The cube balances perfectly upright.
Wooden cube with wooden angled handles and short brass balancing arms, and stand for cube with balancing point. Circular brass disc stamped ' Univ. Abdn. Nat. Phil.'. Similar to item in 1790 catalogue of Thomas Jones(?).
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Diagonal machine. A small square wooden frame, about a foot wide. A slightly smaller frame slides horizontally out. A brass ball on a string and attached to a pulley on the smaller frame moves diagonally upwards as the frame is slid horizontally.
Demonstration originated by James Ferguson to illustrate that the sum of compound motions at right angles produce a diagonal displacement. Wooden frame sliding element holding with brass ball on rod that slides up rod as frame is moved sideways. Disk…
Notebook. An open manuscript book with diagrams of pulleys and explanatory text.
Robert Wilson, surgeon and traveller: Volume one of lectures in Natural Philosophy given by Professor Copland and taken down by Robert Wilson
Volume one of lectures on Natural Philosophy given by Professor Copland at Marischal College Aberdeen and…
Volume one of lectures on Natural Philosophy given by Professor Copland at Marischal College Aberdeen and…
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 of Patrick Copland by William Corbet on Natural Philosophy
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
Notebook. An open manuscript book with diagrams of the motion of projectiles and explanatory text.
Lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet on Natural Philosophy
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
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.
Lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet on Natural Philosophy
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
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.
Lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet on Natural Philosophy
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
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.
Lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet on Natural Philosophy
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
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.
Lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet on Natural Philosophy
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
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.
Lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet on Natural Philosophy
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…
Two volumes of lecture notes of Patrick Copland by William Corbet, on the subject of Natural Philosophy. Topics include: laws of motion, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity,…