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Description: | The collection includes material that has been in use in the University of Aberdeen, primarily for the purpose of teaching and research and was brought together by a distinguished line of past Professors of Natural Philosophy. Included amongst these are Patrick Copland, William Knight, James Clerk Maxwell, David Thomson, Charles Niven, Nobel Prize winning GP Thomson FRS, John Carroll and R.V. Jones. The earliest material dates from the mid 18th century and the most recent material from the 21st century. As a result of its continuity the collection provides an important material record which Aberdeen University Senior Lecturer Dr B Marsden describes as "charting the change in practical and popular scientific culture". Mechanics and dynamics were considered the most fundamental subjects within Natural Philosophy until the end of the 19th century. Understanding Newton's laws of motion and their implications formed a significant component of the teaching in the 18th and 19th centuries. Following Copland's efforts to teach by demonstration successive professors used similar equipment (now made in modern materials). Later additions to the collection tend to illustrate applications. One exception is Maxwell's dynamical top, a late 19th century commercial version of Maxwell's advanced top for illustrating complex motion that can arise in rotating bodies. None of John King's 18th century models of machinery survived but there are John King escapement models and later models of working engines. Metrology has been sufficiently important part of mechanics to warrant a separate heading. The Natural Philosophy collection is supported by an informative and detailed webpage which includes links to articles related to the collection, information pages for selected items and documentation for an exhibition 'Precisely' which featured the connections between the museum collection of Natural Philosophy and documentation held in the University's Special Libraries and Archives.
Super collection: Natural Philosophy Collection.
Objects: Globe for whirling water; centrifugal governor; whirling globe; centrifugal demonstration governor; centrifugal demonstration , expanding springs; centrifugal demonstration , sliding balls; apparatus for the determination of g; 6 spring sliding centrifugal demonstration; gyroscope; centrifugal railway; Double balls on sliding rod; whirling table with attachments; Maxwell's dynamical top; mangle; sovereign balance; pendulum for model escapement; pulleys; Graham's dead beat escapement; Chinese balance (dotchins); friction wheels; Newton's cradle; vernier calipers; wave demonstration; inclined plane; double cone and ruler; bicone; Vernier calipers; pendulum; balancing cube; cohering plates; laboratory clock; model barometer Vernier scale; mechanical balances; 15 solid models; caliper; four wooden discs illustrating static balance; table for static equilibrium of forces; centre of gravity demonstration; pulley pedestal; balance arm; pulley wheels; Arnold's escapement; level; surface texture gauges; model boat; diagonal machine; typewriter; strain gauges; Foucault's pendulum; scales; granite mounting slab; mechanical controller; gyroscope with attached resonators; works of a simple pendulum clock; Newbridge Controller; Bottle of damper oil; Linear motion demonstration car parts; tiltmeter; Extensometer; turbine blade segment; RV Jones tiltmeter on test rig; Ewing Extensometer; Wooden prism; Probe for electronic depth gauge; Deformeter; Universal joint; Electronic depth gauge; Linear motion demonstration spring-connectors; Model duck with hinged legs; Linear motion demonstration car; Linear motion demonstration track; Small steelyard balance; Dial reading distance gauge; Precision distance secondary standards; Load cell; Vibration test unit; Model engine; folding inclined plane; Linear motion demonstration magnetic cars; Angle gauge; Linear motion demonstration rotating drum; CNC sample; drum micrometer dial; Step calibration standard; Ivory ball; standard foot by Sisson; double windmills; Model of Watt's beam engine; Model of mechanical advantage; displaying perpendicular vibrations; Quadrant balance; Machine operator's slide rule; Precision distance dial gauge; Watkins clinometer; Talymin; Cahn ratio electrobalance. | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Identifier: | ABDNP:CLD08 | Go to resource |
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