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Record ID 383508

Whytt on N. Diseases

Borrowed: 1790/2/27 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

John Gowdey
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/79504. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the nature, causes, and cure of those disorders which have been commonly called nervous, hypochondriac, or hysteric : to which are prefixed some remarks on the sympathy of the nerves [Whytt]

Record ID 383511

Ferguson's Mechanics 8.vo

Borrowed: 1790/2/27 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Ferguson's Mechanics (original title)
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .5304 Fer..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on select subjects: in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 36


Book Work

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics

Record ID 383514

Cullen's Practice vol 3:d

Borrowed: 1790/2/27 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Thomas Robertson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/78394. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1784, 1789-1792. Other: British Navy 1794.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Cullen's Practice (original title)
First lines of the practice of physic: for the use of students in the University of Edinburgh. (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; E.B. .616 Cul..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
First lines of the practice of physic.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 52 borrowing records


Book Work

William Cullen (Male, born 1710, died 1790)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of Students in the University of Edinburgh

Record ID 383517

Bedæ Opera k.k.2

Borrowed: 1790/2/27 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One pound. Funds deposited: Aberdeen Note.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Saint Bede the Venerable (Male, born 673, died 735)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Venerabilis Bedae opera
Possible modern shelfmark: Main Library - Special Collections ; C*15.30-31.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Saint Bede the Venerable (Male, born 673, died 735)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Venerabilis Bedæ ... opera quotquot reperiri potuerunt omnia. Hac vltima impressione ornatius in lucem edita.
Language: Latin . Published: Cologne. Date of publication: 1612. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Saint Bede the Venerable (Male, born 673, died 735)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Works of the Venerable Bede

Borrowed: 1790/2/27 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Grant

Author: Saint Bede the Venerable (Male, born 673, died 735), Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Works of the Venerable Bede

Record ID 383523

Smith's Theory

Borrowed: 1790/2/27 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

Jacob Wright
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of moral sentiments [Smith]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; Dh.5.149.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 107


Book Work

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of Moral Sentiments

Borrowed: 1790/2/27 (Saturday).

Borrower: Jacob Wright

Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Theory of Moral Sentiments

Record ID 383526

Buffon vol. 6th

Borrowed: 1790/2/27 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.


Borrower

David Lyell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/83714. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1788-1789. Other: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Diploma 1792.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon (original title)
Natural history, general and particular, by the Count de Buffon (standardised title)

Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .59 Buf..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular, by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with above 260 copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 9 vols.
Translators: Smellie, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 372 times in 279 borrowing records


Book Work

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon