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Record ID 382032

Priestley on Electricity 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1790/1/30 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Kean Osborn
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/89838. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1791. Other: Royal Medical Society 1791.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and present state of electricity, with original experiments, 3rd edn [Priestley]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .537 Pri..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records


Book Work

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments

Borrowed: 1790/1/30 (Saturday).

Borrower: Kean Osborn

Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Natural Philosophy

History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 382035

Bryant's Mythology vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1790/1/30 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.


Borrower

William Campbell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/79116. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1787.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jacob Bryant (Male, born 1715, died 1804)
Genre: History
New system, or, an analysis of ancient mythology [Bryant]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. F .291 Bry..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jacob Bryant (Male, born 1715, died 1804)
Genre: History
A new system, or, An analysis of ancient mythology: wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable; and to reduce the truth to its original purity.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 13 borrowing records


Book Work

Jacob Bryant (Male, born 1715, died 1804)
Genre: History
New System, or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology

Borrowed: 1790/1/30 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Campbell

Author: Jacob Bryant (Male, born 1715, died 1804), Genre: History

New System, or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 382038

Reid's Act: Powers

Borrowed: 1790/1/30 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guineaf.


Borrower

G. Marshall
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Reid's Active Powers (original title)
Essays on the active powers of man [Reid] (standardised title)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on the active powers of man.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 46


Book Work

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays on the Active Powers of Man

Record ID 382041

Spallanzani's Essays Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1790/1/30 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Eight shillings.


Borrower

Adair Blackwell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84737. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1788-1789. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spallanzani's Essays (original title)
Essay on Animal Reproductions (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections H.20.34/7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An essay on animal reproductions
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Maty, Matthew
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 28 borrowing records


Book Work

Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essay on Animal Reproductions

Borrowed: 1790/1/30 (Saturday).

Borrower: Adair Blackwell

Author: Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Essay on Animal Reproductions

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 382044

Home's Gentleman Farmer

Borrowed: 1790/1/30 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One pound.


Borrower

William Belcher
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90921. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1791. Other: Royal Medical Society 1789; MD (Edin) 1793.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Gentleman farmer [Kames]

Record ID 382047

Manchester Memoirs 2 V.s

Borrowed: 1790/2/1 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Kean Osborn
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/89838. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1791. Other: Royal Medical Society 1791.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Periodicals
Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785-1879. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 7 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals
Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester

Record ID 382050

Barrow's Lectures

Borrowed: 1790/2/1 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Eight shillings.


Borrower

James Gray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Isaac Barrow (Male, born 1630, died 1677)
Genre: Mathematics
Geometrical lectures [Barrow]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .517104 Bar..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Isaac Barrow (Male, born 1630, died 1677)
Genre: Mathematics
Geometrical lectures: explaining the generation, nature and properties of curve lines.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Stone, Edmund
Translators: Newton, Isaac
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Isaac Barrow (Male, born 1630, died 1677)
Genre: Mathematics
Geometrical Lectures: Explaining the Generation, Nature and Properties of Curve Lines