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Record ID 382953

Fourcroy's Chemistry Vol. 2.d

Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Lancelot Armstrong
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86543. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1788-1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Fourcroy's Chemistry (original title)
Elementary Lectures on Chemistry and Natural History [Fourcroy] (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *I.28.1-2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elementary lectures on chemistry and natural history.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 38 borrowing records


Book Work

Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry

Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Lancelot Armstrong

Author: Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Elements of Natural History and Chemistry

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 382956

Monro on the Dropsy

Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Moffat
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76294. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Donald Monro (Male, born 1727, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
Monro on Dropsy (original title)
Essay on the dropsy and its different species (standardised title)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Donald Monro (Male, born 1727, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on the dropsy and its different species.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 78


Book Work

Donald Monro (Male, born 1727, died 1802)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on the Dropsy and its Different Species

Record ID 382959

Bruce's Ethics

Borrowed: 1790/2/16 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: four shillings.


Borrower

Andrew Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Bruce (Male, born 1745, died 1826)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Elements of the science of ethics [Bruce]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .171 Bru..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Bruce (Male, born 1745, died 1826)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Elements of the science of ethics, on the principles of natural philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

John Bruce (Male, born 1745, died 1826)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Elements of the Science of Ethics, on the Principles of Natural Philosophy

Record ID 382962

Bell's Surgery vol. 5:th

Borrowed: 1790/2/19 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

James Veitch Williamson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84512. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1781-1791. Other: Apprentice of Royal College of Surgeons 1792.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Benjamin Bell (Male, born 1749-9-6, died 1806-4-5)
Genre: Medicine
Bell's Surgery (original title)
System of Surgery (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .617 Bel..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Benjamin Bell (Male, born 1749-9-6, died 1806-4-5)
Genre: Medicine
A system of surgery.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1785-1788. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 89 times in 81 borrowing records


Book Work

Benjamin Bell (Male, born 1749-9-6, died 1806-4-5)
Genre: Medicine
System of Surgery [Benjamin Bell]

Borrowed: 1790/2/19 (Friday).

Borrower: James Veitch Williamson

Author: Benjamin Bell (Male, born 1749-9-6, died 1806-4-5), Genre: Medicine

System of Surgery [Benjamin Bell]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 382965

Lavoisier's Essays

Borrowed: 1790/2/19 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Watherston
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84465. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790. Other: British Navy 1793.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (Male, born 1743-8-26, died 1794-5-8)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lavoisier's Essays (original title)
Essays, physical and chemical [Lavoisier] (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections JA872.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (Male, born 1743-8-26, died 1794-5-8)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essays physical and chemical, By M. Lavoisier, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Henry, Thomas
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (Male, born 1743-8-26, died 1794-5-8)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essays, Physical and Chemical [Antoine Laurent Lavoisier]

Record ID 382968

& Edinb. Med: Essays vol. 6th

Borrowed: 1790/2/19 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see previous entry.


Borrower

Thomas Watherston
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84465. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790. Other: British Navy 1793.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .6104 Edi..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical essays and observations / revised and published by a Society in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1737-1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 224 times in 87 borrowing records


Book Work

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified, born 1731)
Genre: Medicine
Medical Essays and Observations [Philosophical Society of Edinburgh]

Record ID 382971

Goldsmith's G. History Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1790/2/19 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Grecian history, from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great [Goldsmith]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .9(38) Gol..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
The grecian history, from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great. By Dr. Goldsmith.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 205 times in 171 borrowing records


Book Work

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

Borrowed: 1790/2/19 (Friday).

Borrower: James Cockburn

Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: History

Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 382974

Rollin's Anc: History vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1790/2/19 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Colin Campbell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History (original title)
Ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecian [Rollin (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .9(3) Rol..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 119 times in 74 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians