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Electricity, No. 1,3

Electricity, No. 1,3

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 focus on electricity including electric machines, electrometers, lightning, and conductors.
Five letters to James Dinwiddie from W. Hart Stevenson

Five letters to James Dinwiddie from W. Hart Stevenson

INDICES:::W. Hart Stevenson ; 1789 ; 1787 ; drawing frame ; John ; engine ; spinning frame ; spindles ; machinery ; Doctor Stewarts ; Devil ; cylinder ; brass ; iron ; Blair ; Spanish Ambassador ; Mrs. Miller ; Dictionary ; electrical ; steam ; Smith ; Glasgow ; Jeremy ; Crimea ; Russia ; Bentham ; Blackstones Commentaries ; artillery ; Biggans ; Lunardi ;
Introduction; Mechanics

Introduction; Mechanics

These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on topics in mechanics such as gravity, momentum, compound engines, and Ferguson's machine as well as matter, magnetism, electric shock, and capillary action in the introductory section.
Lecture 7

Lecture 7

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie in 1783 (?) deal with electricity and electrical machines.
Lecture 8

Lecture 8

These lecture notes written by James Dinwiddie in 1783 (?) discuss electricity and lightning.
Lecture Notes

Lecture Notes

These notes written by James Dinwiddie ca. 1793 lists a series of topics in physics including heat, sight, electricity, magnetism, and fluids.

Lecture Notes

These notes written by James Dinwiddie contain sections of notes on various topics including the history of medicine, chemistry, electricity, proof of repulsions, and mathematics.
Lightning and other Phenomena: Lectures on Electricity

Lightning and other Phenomena: Lectures on Electricity

These notes written by James Dinwiddie focus on lightning and electricity. Dinwiddie mentions Benjamin Franklin, historical dates for important experiments, circuits, conductors and other phenomena including water spouts and earthquakes.
Seventeen letters to James Dinwiddie from Logan Henderson

Seventeen letters to James Dinwiddie from Logan Henderson

INDICES:::John ; Dr. Gray ; arrest ; England ; paper ; phosperhous ; Liverpool ; Hamilton ; Playfair ; Germany ; government ; kingdom ; telescopes ; apparatus ; Maggy ; Slade ; Dublin ; Boulton ; experiments ; Lynch ; flight ; Ireland ; balloon ; wing ; Ferguson ; Wood ; Newcastle ; machine ; electrical ; Betty ; Nova Scotia ; Christmas ; speaker ; house of commons ; Greenwich ; Paris ; Hydrostatics ; Johnstone ; election ; Logan Henderson ; 1783 ; 1790