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Record ID 137478

Hale's Staticks 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1774/5/17 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.


Borrower

Thomas Ruddiman Steuart
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91884. Dissertation: De Apoplexia.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1776; MD (Edin), 1777. Origin: Scoto-Brit..
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Stephen Hales (Male, born 1677, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Statical essays, containing vegetable staticks, or, An account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables [Hales].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Stephen Hales (Male, born 1677, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Statical essays: Containing vegetable staticks; or, An account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738-1740. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

Stephen Hales (Male, born 1677, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Statics; Or, An Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables

Record ID 137484

Preceptor vol 2d

Borrowed: 1774/5/17 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.


Borrower

Isaac Ketchen
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor : containing a general course of education, wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
The preceptor: containing a general course of education.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Dodsley, Robert
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 122 times in 101 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education

Borrowed: 1774/5/17 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Isaac Ketchen

Author: Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764), Genre: Education

Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 137490

& Watts Logic

Borrowed: 1774/5/17 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Isaac Ketchen
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Isaac Watts (Male, born 1674, died 1748)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Logick, or, The right use of reason in the enquiry after truth [Watt]

Record ID 137496

White on Pregnant Women

Borrowed: 1774/5/17 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.


Borrower

Thomas Jennings
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77797. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles White (Male, born 1728, died 1813)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the management of pregnant and lying-in women [White]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections G.17.89.

Record ID 137511

Buchan's Physician

Borrowed: 1774/5/17 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Buchan (Male, born 1729, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Domestic medicine : or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines [Buchan]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Buchan (Male, born 1729, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Domestic medicine: or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases by regimen and simple medicines.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11


Book Work

William Buchan (Male, born 1729, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Domestic Medicine [William Buchan]

Borrowed: 1774/5/17 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Spottiswood

Author: William Buchan (Male, born 1729, died 1805), Genre: Medicine

Domestic Medicine [William Buchan]

Record ID 137514

Miller's Plants vol. 1:st & 2:d

Borrowed: 1774/5/19 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 8 Guineas.


Borrower

Robert Hoashon Cay
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81054. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Gardeners dictionary [Miller]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .63503 Mil..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1774/5/19 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Hoashon Cay

Author: Philip Miller (Male, born 1691, died 1771), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge

Gardeners Dictionary

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 137517

& Grew's Anatomy of plants

Borrowed: 1774/5/19 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

Robert Hoashon Cay
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81054. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Nehemiah Grew (Male, born 1641, died 1712)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The anatomy of plants [Grew]
Historical Shelfmark: A.L. a.8.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Nehemiah Grew (Male, born 1641, died 1712)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The anatomy of plants· With an idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1682. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 17


Book Work

Nehemiah Grew (Male, born 1641, died 1712)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants

Record ID 137520

Priestly on Electricity

Borrowed: 1774/5/24 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.


Borrower

Dennis Dorsey Dionysus
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90737. Dissertation: De Chlorosi.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1775; MD (Edin), 1776. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774. Origin: America.
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 [Priestley]

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: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 55


Book Work

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

Record ID 137523

Hewson  on the blood

Borrowed: 1774/5/24 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/2/6.


Borrower

Dennis Dorsey Dionysus
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90737. Dissertation: De Chlorosi.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1775; MD (Edin), 1776. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1774. Origin: America.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Hewson (Male, born 1739, died 1774)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental inquiry into the properties of the blood, with remarks on some of its morbid appearances : and an appendix, relating to the discovery of the lymphatic system in birds, fish, and the animals called amphibious [Hewson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; JA731/3.