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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 and Nobel Prize winning GP Thomson. 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". Medical Physics has been taught in the University of Aberdeen since 1893 and an autonomous Department of that name was created in the 1960s. Medically related items in the collection are not catalogued separately but can be found under headings relevant t their area of operation. For example under Optics there are models of the eye, demonstrations of the working of spectacles and colour blindness tests: under Acoustics a set of equipment for ear examination; under Electrical an early defibrillation unit, under X-rays various items related to medical X-rays. 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. Access to the collection is restricted and all enquires should be sent to Dr J Reid, the honorary curator. Information compiled in consultation with the Honorary Curator.
Super collection: Natural Philosophy Collection.
Objects: Medical kit; Horizontal Microscope; Device for giving electric shocks; Defibrillator; models of eye; working spectacles; colour blindness tests; medical X-Rays. | Subjects: | History of Science. | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Contributor: | Acquisition details: Professor Patrick Copland; Griffin and Tatlock Ltd; purchased in 1833 by Prof William Knight; E. M. Clarke London. | Identifier: | ABDNP:CLD18 | Relation: | ABDUA:CLD00 | Go to resource |
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