An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Record ID 148770
Arab: Nights V:s 1-2
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/9/0.
James Black
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Fiction
Arabian Nights.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
Genre: Fiction
Arabian nights entertainments: consisting of one thousand and one stories, told by the Sultaness of the Indies, to Divert the Sultan from the Execution of a Cruel Vow. Translated from the French of M. Galland. In four volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T68155
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: James Black
Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 148779
Franklin's Electricity
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Linen Note.
Matthew Brown
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86701. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1775. Other: Apprentice of Royal College of Surgeons, 1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on electricity : made at Philadelphia in America.
Confidence level: Certain
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America, by Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. and F.R.S. To which are added, letters and papers on philosophical subjects.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 32
ESTC: T101040
Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Matthew Brown
Author: Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America
Record ID 148782
Annual Regist: for 1774
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
Matthew Brown
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/86701. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1770-1775. Other: Apprentice of Royal College of Surgeons, 1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1774
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The annual Register, or a view of the history, politicks, and literature, of the year.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1837. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 763 times in 426 borrowing records
ESTC: T213203
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Matthew Brown
Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1774
Record ID 148785
Pott on the Hydrocele
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
Robert Stuart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
An account of the method of obtaining a perfect or radical cure of the hydrocele, or watry [sic] rupture, by means of a seton [Pott]
Confidence level: Certain
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
An account of the method of obtaining a perfect or radical cure of the hydrocele, or watry rupture, by means of a seton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 22
ESTC: T150537
Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788)
Genre: Medicine
Account of the Method of obtaining a Perfect or Radical Cure of the Hydrocele
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Robert Stuart
Author: Percivall Pott (Male, born 1714, died 1788), Genre: Medicine
Account of the Method of obtaining a Perfect or Radical Cure of the Hydrocele
Record ID 148791
Preceptor vol. 2d
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.
Joseph Baird
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
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
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
ESTC: N23347
Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Education
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Joseph Baird
Author: Robert Dodsley (Male, born 1704, died 1764), Genre: Education
Preceptor: Containing A General Course of Education
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 148797
Gibbs Stenography
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/8/0.
John Hiag
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
An historical account of compendious and swift writing [Gibbs].
Confidence level: Certain
Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
An historical account of compendious and swift writing.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 60
ESTC: T921
Philip Gibbs (Male)
Genre: Education
Historical Account of Compendious and Swift Writing
Record ID 148803
Spectator Vol.1:st
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator: in eight volumes.
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .82452 Spe..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
The spectator. In eight volumes.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 31 borrowing records
ESTC: T178720
Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Spectator
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729), Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 148812
Fordyce on fevers
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
James Johnston
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91719. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1779; MD (Edin), 1778. Other: Apprentice to Royal College of Surgeons, 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Sir William Fordyce (Male, born 1724, died 1792)
Genre: Medicine
New inquiry into the causes, symptoms, and cure, of putrid and inflammatory fevers [Fordyce]
Historical Shelfmark: BV.l.4. Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections G.19.49.
Confidence level: Very likely
Sir William Fordyce (Male, born 1724, died 1792)
Genre: Medicine
A new inquiry into the causes, symptoms, and cure, of putrid and inflammatory fevers; with an appendix on the hectic fever, and on the ulcerated and malignant sore throat.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 13
ESTC: T45785
Sir William Fordyce (Male, born 1724, died 1792)
Genre: Medicine
New Inquiry into the Causes, Symptoms, and Cure, of Putrid and Inflammatory Fevers
Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: James Johnston
Author: Sir William Fordyce (Male, born 1724, died 1792), Genre: Medicine
New Inquiry into the Causes, Symptoms, and Cure, of Putrid and Inflammatory Fevers