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Notebook. An open manuscript book with a drawing of a mountain with a plumbline on either side and explanatory text.
Lecture notes of Patrick Copland by John Michell on Natural Philosophy
348 pages on a course of lectures in natural philosophy delivered in the session 1807-1808 by Patrick Copland, Professor of Natural Philosophy. An intoduction to the subject…
348 pages on a course of lectures in natural philosophy delivered in the session 1807-1808 by Patrick Copland, Professor of Natural Philosophy. An intoduction to the subject…
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…
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.
Pencil sketch of a classroom in old Marischal College, from an album of exterior and interior views of the building.
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.
Pencil sketch attached to paper backing paper with title 'Front view of Old Marischal College, by Alexander Stuart, early 19th century.
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.
NB: The 1823 inventory of Copland'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…
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.
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…
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.
Thick glass tube with hand operated piston with brass end caps; wooden 'doorknob' handles at either end; inflammable vapour is inserted into tube (ether?) and then compressed firmly with piston; when compression is high enough the vapour…