An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Record ID 385212
Baker on the Microscope
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.
John Cunningham
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77334. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1787-1788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Employment for the microscope : in two parts [Baker]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections O*.30.2 .
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Employment for the microscope. In two parts. I. An examination of salts and saline substances, their amazing Configurations and Crystals, as formed under the eye of the observer: with Plain Directions how to prepare such Substances, and preserve them in constant Readiness for Inspection; whereby the Curious may always be furnished with numberless Objects hitherto little known. Also Occasional Considerations on Gems, Poisons, the Vegetation of Metals, the Resuscitation of Plants, the Formation of Amber, Corals, and many other Subjects. II. An account of various animalcules never before described, and of many other Microscopical Discoveries: With Observations and Remarks. Likewise A Description of the Microscope used in these Experiments, and of a new Micrometer serving to shew the Size of magnified Objects. Together with Instructions for printing off any Medal or Coin.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T94557
Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Employment for the Microscope
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday).
Borrower: John Cunningham
Author: Henry Baker (Male, born 1698, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 385215
Hume's Essays Vol. 2:d
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.
William Cullen
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Hume's Essays (original title)
Essays and treatises on several subjects (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections ; N*.27.31..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and treatises on several subjects. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 81 times in 59 borrowing records
ESTC: T33492
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday).
Borrower: William Cullen
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 385218
Fourcroy's Chemistry Vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.
William Kidd
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/87442. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1789-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Fourcroy's Chemistry (original title)
Elementary Lectures on Chemistry and Natural History [Fourcroy] (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections *I.28.1-2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elementary lectures on chemistry and natural history.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: N1401
Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday).
Borrower: William Kidd
Author: Comte Antoine-François de Fourcroy (Male, born 1755, died 1809), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elements of Natural History and Chemistry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 385221
Alexander's Essays
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.
James Montgomery
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/76306. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1783, 1784, 1788, 1789.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Alexander (Male, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental essays on the following subjects: I. On the external application of antiseptics in putrid diseases. II. On the doses and effects of medicines. III. On diuretics and sudorifics [Alexander]
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.A.K.b.7 [or A.A.M.g.7].
Confidence level: Certain
William Alexander (Male, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental essays on the following subjects: I. On the external application of antiseptics in putrid diseases. II. On the doses and effects of medicines. III. On diuretics and sudorifics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 27
ESTC: T87443
William Alexander (Male, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental Essays [William Alexander]
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday).
Borrower: James Montgomery
Author: William Alexander (Male, died 1783), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 385224
Spallanzani's Essays vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: five shillings.
Adair Blackwell
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84737. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1788-1789. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spallanzani's Essays (original title)
Essay on Animal Reproductions (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections H.20.34/7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An essay on animal reproductions
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Maty, Matthew
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T31466
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Essay on Animal Reproductions
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Adair Blackwell
Author: Lazzaro Spallanzani (Male, born 1729, died 1799), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 385227
Huxham on fevers
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.
Henry Taylor
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/88238. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1788-1791.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on fevers [Huxham]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections (E. B. .6169 Hux.).
Confidence level: Certain
John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
An essay on fevers : to which is now added, A dissertation on the malignant, ulcerous sore-throat.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 68
ESTC: N3353
John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768)
Genre: Medicine
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Henry Taylor
Author: John Huxham (Male, born 1692, died 1768), Genre: Medicine
Essay on Fevers to which is now added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-throat
Record ID 385230
Lewis on Arts
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: One Guinea.
Robert McCluney
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum; or, the philosophical commerce of arts [Lewis]
Confidence level: Certain
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum; or, The philosophical commerce of arts: Designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: T146870
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts
Borrowed: 1790/4/5 (Monday).
Borrower: Robert McCluney
Author: William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts