An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 99419
Martine's Essays
Borrowed: 1771/9/26 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
Richard Whitacker
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76847. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Optical essays, etc. [Martin]
Confidence level: Certain
Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Optical essays, Containing, I. A practical description of the several sorts of single, solar, and compound microscops; with their apparatus, and latest improvments. II. The nature of vision in insects demonstrated by microscopic observations. III. A catalogue of all principal microscopic objects. IV. The use of the reflecting telescope as an universal perspective for viewing every sort of object in the greatest perfection. V. The manner of computing the magnifying power in single and double microscopes. VI. A new method of applying a micrometer to take the dimension: of small objects. VII. An illustration of the whole in a great variety of figures on a large copper-plate.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 20
ESTC: T10172
Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Optical Essays
Borrowed: 1771/9/26 (Thursday).
Borrower: Richard Whitacker
Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 99422
Brookes practice 2 V:s in 1. 8:vo
Borrowed: 1771/9/26 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/6.
Alexander Johnston
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Richard Brookes (Male)
Genre: Medicine
The general practice of physic [Brookes]
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Brookes (Male)
Genre: Medicine
The general practice of physic: extracted chiefly from the writings of the most celebrated practical physicians.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 17
ESTC: N2396
Richard Brookes (Male)
Genre: Medicine
General Practice of Physic: Extracted Chiefly from the Writings of the Most Celebrated Practical Physicians
Borrowed: 1771/9/26 (Thursday).
Borrower: Alexander Johnston
Author: Richard Brookes (Male), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 99425
Medical pamphlets Qd.6.V.1
Borrowed: 1771/9/26 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
Jonathan Binns
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91610. Dissertation: De exercitatione.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1772; MD (Edin), 1772. Other: Ex LRCP(1772). Origin: English. Life dates: d. 1812.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Medicine
Medical pamphlets.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8
Record ID 99428
Gillies's Exercises
Borrowed: 1771/9/26 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
Walter Monteath
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Gillies (Male, born 1712, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
Devotional exercises on the New Testament [Gillies]
Confidence level: Certain
John Gillies (Male, born 1712, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
Devotional exercises on the New Testament.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3
ESTC: T97882
John Gillies (Male, born 1712, died 1796)
Genre: Theology
Devotional Exercises on the New Testament
Borrowed: 1771/9/26 (Thursday).
Borrower: Walter Monteath
Author: John Gillies (Male, born 1712, died 1796), Genre: Theology
Record ID 99431
Nature Displayed V:s 3-4-5-6-7
Borrowed: 1771/10/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
Mathieu Cadonx
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/79097. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1772. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature displayed. (original title)
Spectacle de la nature : or, Nature display'd. (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records
ESTC: N24037
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Borrowed: 1771/10/1 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mathieu Cadonx
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7
Record ID 99434
Maskelyn's Mariner's Guide
Borrowed: 1771/10/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.
William Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The British mariner's guide [Maskelyne]
Confidence level: Certain
Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The British mariner’s guide. Containing, complete and easy instructions for the discovery of the longitude at sea and land, within a Degree, by Observations of the Distance of the Moon from the Sun and Stars, taken with Hadley’s Quadrant.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T58799
Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
British Mariner’s Guide
Borrowed: 1771/10/1 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Wilson
Author: Nevil Maskelyne (Male, born 1732, died 1811), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 99437
Muller's Works Vol:s 1-2-3-4-5-6
Borrowed: 1771/10/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2/12/0.
Mathieu Cadonx
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/79097. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1772. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Muller Works [Opera?]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Borrowed: 1771/10/1 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mathieu Cadonx
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 99440
Dran's Operations
Borrowed: 1771/10/1 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Mathieu Cadonx
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/79097. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1772. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran (Male, born 1685, died 1770)
Genre: Medicine
Operations in surgery of Mons. Le Dran
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *H.22.5 .
Confidence level: Certain
Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran (Male, born 1685, died 1770)
Genre: Medicine
The operations in surgery of Mons. Le Dran.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 69
ESTC: T113775
Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran (Male, born 1685, died 1770)
Genre: Medicine
Operations in Surgery of Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran
Borrowed: 1771/10/1 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mathieu Cadonx
Author: Henri-Franc̦ois Le Dran (Male, born 1685, died 1770), Genre: Medicine