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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,…
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.
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…
Spark or flicker tube. A glass tube with bulbous brass ends and a spiral of silver metal dots running along the inside.
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…
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…
Insulating stand. A thin brass disc about 15 centimetres wide on a glass pillar with a turned wooden base.
Wooden base with glass pillar and brass table for electrostatic experiments.