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EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.10, page 324

Record ID 143280

Smith's Optics 2 V:s

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.


Borrower

John White
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88358. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
A compleat system of opticks in four books [Smith]
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: 1775/2/18 (Saturday).

Borrower: John White

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

Compleat System of Opticks

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 143283

Rowning's system vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

John Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Rowning (Male, born c.1701, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A compendious system of natural philosophy [Rowning].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Rowning (Male, born c.1701, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A compendious system of natural philosophy.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 36 borrowing records


Book Work

John Rowning (Male, born c.1701, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Compendious System of Natural Philosophy

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Watson

Author: John Rowning (Male, born c.1701, died 1771), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Compendious System of Natural Philosophy

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 143289

Langrish's Theory

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Clerk
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90736. Dissertation: De Hydrocephalo.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1775; MD (Edin), 1776. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1775; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1777; LRCP(1781) . Origin: Scoto-Brit..
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Browne Langrish (Male, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
The modern theory and practice of physic [Langrish].

Record ID 143292

Home's Dunse-Spa

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Clerk
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/90736. Dissertation: De Hydrocephalo.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1775; MD (Edin), 1776. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1775; Royal Army Medical Corps, 1777; LRCP(1781) . Origin: Scoto-Brit..
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An essay on the contents and virtues of Dunse-Spaw [Home]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An essay on the contents and virtues of dunse-spaw.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essay on the Contents and Virtues of Dunse-Spaw

Record ID 143295

Duncan's Therapeutics

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.


Borrower

John Bisset
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80908. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828)
Genre: Medicine
Elements of therapeutics: or, first principles of the practice of physic [Duncan]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections G*.30.6-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828)
Genre: Medicine
Elements of therapeutics: or, first principles of the practice of physic.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828)
Genre: Medicine
Elements of Therapeutics: or, First Principles of the Practice of Physic

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Bisset

Author: Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828), Genre: Medicine

Elements of Therapeutics: or, First Principles of the Practice of Physic

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 143298

& on Mercury

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

John Bisset
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/80908. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the operation and use of mercury in the venereal disease [Duncan]
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; *I.32.33.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the operation and use of mercury in the venereal disease.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 60


Book Work

Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Operation and Use of Mercury in the Venereal Disease

Record ID 143301

Clark on the Attributes

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
A discourse concerning the being and attributes of God [Clarke]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
A discourse concerning the being and attributes of God, the obligations of natural religion, and the truth and certainty of the Christian revelation.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1719. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 18


Book Work

Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Spottiswood

Author: Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17), Genre: Theology

Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God

Record ID 143304

Plutarch's Lives V:s 1-2-3-4

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

Alexander Waugh
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's lives [Langhorne]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s Lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new Life of Plutarch. By John Langhorne, D.D. and William Langhorne, M.A. In six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Langhorne, John and Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 252 times in 163 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Waugh

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4