An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 143280
Smith's Optics 2 V:s
Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.
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.
Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
A compleat system of opticks in four books [Smith]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
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
ESTC: T100004
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
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.
John Watson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Rowning (Male, born c.1701, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A compendious system of natural philosophy [Rowning].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
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
ESTC: N51159
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 143286
World Displayed vol. 9
Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
James Veitch
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Travel
World displayed: or, a curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; P*.33.34.53.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Record ID 143289
Langrish's Theory
Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
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.
Browne Langrish (Male, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
The modern theory and practice of physic [Langrish].
Confidence level: Certain
Browne Langrish (Male, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
The Modern Theory and Practice of Physic. Wherein the Antecedent Causes of Diseases; The Rise of the Most Usual Symptoms Incident to Them; And the True Methods of Cure; Are Explain'd According to the Established Laws of Nature, and Those of the Animal Oeconomy. Together with A Chemical Analysis of the Urine, and a Statical Examination of the Blood, in Every Stage of Each Distemper Where Blood Could Be Drawn Safety. By Browne Langrish, Of the College of Physicians, London; and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 27
ESTC: N5225
Browne Langrish (Male, died 1759)
Genre: Medicine
Modern Theory and Practice of Physic
Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Clerk
Author: Browne Langrish (Male, died 1759), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 143292
Home's Dunse-Spa
Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
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.
Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An essay on the contents and virtues of Dunse-Spaw [Home]
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
ESTC: T55410
Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essay on the Contents and Virtues of Dunse-Spaw
Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday).
Borrower: Thomas Clerk
Author: Francis Home (Male, born 1719, died 1813), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 143295
Duncan's Therapeutics
Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.
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.
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
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
ESTC: N1405
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.
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.
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.
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
ESTC: T26908
Andrew Duncan (Male, born 1744, died 1828)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Operation and Use of Mercury in the Venereal Disease
Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Bisset
Author: 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.
James Spottiswood
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
A discourse concerning the being and attributes of God [Clarke]
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
ESTC: N55325
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
Record ID 143304
Plutarch's Lives V:s 1-2-3-4
Borrowed: 1775/2/18 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
Alexander Waugh
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's lives [Langhorne]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
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
ESTC: T107379
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
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4