An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 145092
Priestly on Air
Borrowed: 1775/6/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
Adam Hotchkis
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/83501. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1778. Other: Apprentice of Royal Colllege of Surgeons, 1774; Royal Medical Society, 1775; Indian Medical Service, 1778.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on different kinds of air [Priestley]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections I*.20.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on different kinds of air.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 21
ESTC: T33832
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air
Borrowed: 1775/6/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Adam Hotchkis
Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 145095
Priestly on Electricity
Borrowed: 1775/6/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/7/0. Funds deposited: Air Note.
Thomas Elliot
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77472. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1775. Other: British Navy, 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and present state of electricity, with original experiments [Priestley]
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
ESTC: T36344
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Borrowed: 1775/6/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Elliot
Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Record ID 145098
& Pringle's Observations
Borrowed: 1775/6/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Thomas Elliot
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77472. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1774-1775. Other: British Navy, 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the diseases of the army [Pringle]
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the diseases of the army, by John Pringle, Physician in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 148
ESTC: T55669
Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Diseases of the Army
Borrowed: 1775/6/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Thomas Elliot
Author: Sir John Pringle (Male, born 1707, died 1782), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 145101
Salmon's Geography
Borrowed: 1775/6/13 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.
Philip Morison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new geographical and historical grammar [Salmon]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections P*..23.35 .
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new geographical and historical grammar: wherein the geographical part is truly modern; and the present state of the several kingdoms of the world is so interspersed, as to render the study of geography both entertaining and instructive. Containing, I. A description of the figure and motion of the earth. II. Geographical definitions and problems, being a necessary introduction to this study. III. A general division of the globe into land and water. IV. The situation and extent of the several countries contained in each quarter of the world; their cities, chief towns, history, present state, respective forms of government, forces, revenues, taxes, revolutions, and memorable events. Together with an account of the air, soil, produce, traffic, curiosities, arms, religion, language, universities, bishopries, manners, customs, habits, and coins, in use in the several kingdoms and states described. By Mr. Salmon. Illustrated with a set of twenty-two new maps of the several countries; drawn, by the direction of Mr. Salmon, and ingraved by Mr. Jefferys, geographer to his royal highness the Prince of Wales.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 57
ESTC: T69005
Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New Geographical and Historical Grammar
Borrowed: 1775/6/13 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Philip Morison
Author: Thomas Salmon (Male, born 1679, died 1767), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 145107
Nature Displ: Vs 1-2-3
Borrowed: 1775/6/15 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.
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.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature displayed. (original title)
Spectacle de la nature : or, Nature display'd. (standardised title)
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records
ESTC: N24037
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Borrowed: 1775/6/15 (Thursday).
Borrower: Thomas Ruddiman Steuart
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 145116
& Wheatly on Gardening
Borrowed: 1775/6/15 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
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.
Thomas Whately (Male, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on modern gardening : illustrated by descriptions [Whately]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *K.21.69.
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Whately (Male, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on modern gardening, illustrated by descriptions.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T79225
Thomas Whately (Male, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Observations on Modern Gardening
Borrowed: 1775/6/15 (Thursday).
Borrower: Thomas Ruddiman Steuart
Author: Thomas Whately (Male, died 1772), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 145119
Smith's Optics 2 V:s
Borrowed: 1775/6/15 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.
Peter Cochrane Cochran
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84898. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1773-1775. Other: Indian Medical Service, 1780.
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: 1775/6/15 (Thursday).
Borrower: Peter Cochrane Cochran
Author: Robert Smith (Male, born 1689, died 1768), Genre: Mathematics
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 145122
Pott on Ruptures
Borrowed: 1775/6/15 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/0.
George Shepherd
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78489. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1773. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on ruptures
Confidence level: Certain
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on ruptures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 44
ESTC: T68468
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on Ruptures
Borrowed: 1775/6/15 (Thursday).
Borrower: George Shepherd
Author: Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 145125
& Med: pamphlets C.b. 27.
Borrowed: 1775/6/15 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
George Shepherd
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78489. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1772-1773. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1771.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Record ID 145128
Evangelical Expositor vol 2:d
Borrowed: 1775/6/15 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea. Funds deposited: NS.
Ebenezer Russell E.
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Thomas Haweis (Male, born 1734, died 1820)
Genre: Theology
The evangelical expositor: or, a commentary on the Holy Bible [Haweis]
Historical Shelfmark: C.15.6-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Haweis (Male, born 1734, died 1820)
Genre: Theology
The evangelical expositor: or, a commentary on the Holy Bible. Wherein the sacred text of the Old and New Testament is inserted at large; the Sense Explained; and the more difficult Passages Elucidated: with Practical Observations. Also References to Parallel Scriptures; the Marginal Readings; and a Chronology. For the Use of Families and Private Christians of every Denomination. By the Reverend Thomas Haweis, Rector of Aldwinckle, Northamptonshire, and Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Earl of Peterborow.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765-1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T91134
Thomas Haweis (Male, born 1734, died 1820)
Genre: Theology
Evangelical Expositor: or, A Commentary on the Holy Bible
Borrowed: 1775/6/15 (Thursday).
Borrower: Ebenezer Russell E.
Author: Thomas Haweis (Male, born 1734, died 1820), Genre: Theology
Evangelical Expositor: or, A Commentary on the Holy Bible
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2