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Record ID 5945

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 53v

Smith's Opticks 2 Vols

Borrowed: 1768/1/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1768/4/14 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Jan 1768. Original Returned Date: 14 Apr 1768. Professor 1: James Clow.


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James Parlane
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Physic, Theology, Surgeon, Medicine. Original Full Name: James Parlane.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Medicine and Health > Surgeon.


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Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Compleat system of opticks, in four books, viz. a popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise. To which are added remarks upon the whole ... [With an Essay upon distinct and indistinct vision, by James Jurin].
Press: BB. Shelf: 6. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm6-f.7-8. Original Author: Smith, Robert, 1689-1768..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
A compleat system of opticks in four books, viz. A popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise : To which are added Remarks upon the whole. / By Robert Smith LL.D. Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge, and Master of Mechanicks to his Majesty.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge | London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 67 times in 37 borrowing records


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Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Compleat System of Opticks

Borrowed: 1768/1/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1768/4/14 (Thursday).

Borrower: James Parlane

Author: Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768), Genre: Mathematics

Compleat System of Opticks

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 7285

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 75r

Smiths Opticks

Borrowed: 1769/3/23 (Thursday). Returned: 1769/4/4 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 23 Mar 1769. Original Returned Date: 4 Apr 1769. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

James Shaw
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Physic. Original Full Name: James Shaw.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Compleat system of opticks, in four books, viz. a popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise. To which are added remarks upon the whole ... [With an Essay upon distinct and indistinct vision, by James Jurin].
Press: BB. Shelf: 6. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm6-f.7-8. Original Author: Smith, Robert, 1689-1768..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
A compleat system of opticks in four books, viz. A popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise : To which are added Remarks upon the whole. / By Robert Smith LL.D. Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge, and Master of Mechanicks to his Majesty.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge | London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 67 times in 37 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Compleat System of Opticks

Borrowed: 1769/3/23 (Thursday). Returned: 1769/4/4 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Shaw

Author: Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768), Genre: Mathematics

Compleat System of Opticks

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 7317

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 76r

Smith's Opticks V 2d

Borrowed: 1769/4/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/4/12 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 4 Apr 1769. Original Returned Date: 12 Apr 1769. Professor 1: Thomas Reid. Professor 2: James Clow.


Borrower

James Shaw
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Physic. Original Full Name: James Shaw.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Compleat system of opticks, in four books, viz. a popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise. To which are added remarks upon the whole ... [With an Essay upon distinct and indistinct vision, by James Jurin].
Press: BB. Shelf: 6. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm6-f.7-8. Original Author: Smith, Robert, 1689-1768..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
A compleat system of opticks in four books, viz. A popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise : To which are added Remarks upon the whole. / By Robert Smith LL.D. Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge, and Master of Mechanicks to his Majesty.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge | London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 67 times in 37 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Compleat System of Opticks

Borrowed: 1769/4/4 (Tuesday). Returned: 1769/4/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Shaw

Author: Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768), Genre: Mathematics

Compleat System of Opticks

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2