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Record ID 385212

Baker on the Microscope

Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

John Cunningham
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77334. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1787-1788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Employment for the microscope : in two parts [Baker]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections O*.30.2 .

Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday).

Borrower: John Cunningham

Author: Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Employment for the Microscope

Record ID 385215

Hume's Essays Vol. 2:d

Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

William Cullen
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Hume's Essays (original title)
Essays and treatises on several subjects (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; N*.27.31..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and treatises on several subjects. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 81 times in 59 borrowing records


Book Work

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects

Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday).

Borrower: William Cullen

Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 385218

Fourcroy's Chemistry Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

William Kidd
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/87442. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790.
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 1

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: 1790/4/5 (Monday).

Borrower: William Kidd

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

Elements of Natural History and Chemistry

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 385221

Alexander's Essays

Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

James Montgomery
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76306. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1783, 1784, 1788, 1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Alexander (Male, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental essays on the following subjects: I. On the external application of antiseptics in putrid diseases. II. On the doses and effects of medicines. III. On diuretics and sudorifics [Alexander]
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.A.K.b.7 [or A.A.M.g.7].

Record ID 385224

Spallanzani's Essays vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: five 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: 1790/4/5 (Monday).

Borrower: Adair Blackwell

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

Essay on Animal Reproductions

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 385227

Huxham on fevers

Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Henry Taylor
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88238. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1788-1791.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on fevers [Huxham]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections (E. B. .6169 Hux.).

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on fevers : to which is now added, A dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 68


Book Work

John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat

Record ID 385230

Lewis on Arts

Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Robert McCluney
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum; or, the philosophical commerce of arts [Lewis]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum; or, The philosophical commerce of arts: Designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 36 borrowing records


Book Work

William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts