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Record ID 286495

Edinb: TransactionsVol. 1st

Borrowed: 1790/1/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea. Funds deposited: Glasgow Note.


Borrower

John Thomson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76737. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790. Other: Royal Medical Society 1790; Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons 1793. Origin: Scottish. Life dates: 1765-1846.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; SD 4504-4529.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Royal Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 96 times in 80 borrowing records


Book Work

Royal Society of Edinburgh (Unspecified)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Record ID 286498

Hume's History Vol. 1st:

Borrowed: 1790/1/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.


Borrower

John Bell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84714. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1785-1786. Other: Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons 1786.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
Hume's History (original title)
History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII [Hume] (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the accession of Henry VII
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 54 borrowing records


Book Work

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]

Record ID 286501

Swift's Works Vs 1-2

Borrowed: 1790/1/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Swift's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 286504

Anson's Voyage 4to

Borrowed: 1790/1/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

William Cadell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77177. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1791.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV [Anson]

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 11


Book Work

George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV

Record ID 286507

Smith's Wealth of Nations vol. 1st 

Borrowed: 1790/1/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations [Smith]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 77 borrowing records


Book Work

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Record ID 287236

Rutherford's Nat:Philosophy vol. 1st:

Borrowed: 1790/1/19 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Robert Beath
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Rutherforth (Male, born 1712, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
System of natural philosophy, being a course of lectures in mechanics, optics, hydrostatics, and astronomy … [Rutherforth]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Rutherforth (Male, born 1712, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A System of Natural Philosophy, Being a Course of Lectures in Mechanics, Optics, Hydrostatics, and Astronomy; Which are read in St Johns College Cambridge, By T. Rutherforth D.D. F.R.S. Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. In Two Volumes.
Language: English . Published: Cambridge. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 95 times in 75 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Rutherforth (Male, born 1712, died 1771)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
System of Natural Philosophy