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MS Lib 2: Students Receipt Book, page 17r

Record ID 359

Gravesends Elements

Borrowed: 1758/3/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/4/11 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 1 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 11 Apr 1758. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

Robert Rainey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Ethics, Theology. Original Full Name: Robert Rainey.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (Male, born 1688, died 1742)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Physices elementa mathematica, experimentis confirmata: sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam ...
Press: AI. Shelf: 5. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn3-g.10  . Original Author: Gravesande, Willem Jacob van 's..

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Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (Male, born 1688, died 1742)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Physices elementa mathematica, experimentis confirmata: sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam ...
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1720-1721. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 34 borrowing records


Book Work

Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (Male, born 1688, died 1742)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy, Confirmed by Experiments

Record ID 360

Rollins Belles Lettres Vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1758/3/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/4/3 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 1 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 3 Apr 1758. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

Robert Rainey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Ethics, Theology. Original Full Name: Robert Rainey.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of teaching and studying the belles lettres ... With reflections on taste; and instructions with regard to the eloquence of the pulpit, the bar and the stage. The whole illustrated with passages from ... poets and orators ... with critical remarks on them ... Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.13-16. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1758/3/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1758/4/3 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Rainey

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: Belles Lettres

Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 361

Rollins Belles Lettres vol. 3

Borrowed: 1758/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1758/3/17 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 3 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 17 Mar 1758. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

Robert Simson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic. Original Full Name: Robert Simson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of teaching and studying the belles lettres ... With reflections on taste; and instructions with regard to the eloquence of the pulpit, the bar and the stage. The whole illustrated with passages from ... poets and orators ... with critical remarks on them ... Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.13-16. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1758/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1758/3/17 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Simson

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: Belles Lettres

Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 362

Halleys Ast.r Tables

Borrowed: 1758/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1758/3/17 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 3 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 17 Mar 1758. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

John Robison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Chemistry. Original Full Name: John Robison. Life dates: 1739-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Edmond Halley (Male, born 1656, died 1742)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Edmundi Halleii astronomi dum viveret regii tabulæ astronomicæ: accedunt de usu tabularum præcepta.
Press: P. Shelf: 7. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-e.3  . Original Author: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742..

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Confidence level: Certain

Edmond Halley (Male, born 1656, died 1742)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Edmundi Halleii astronomi dum viveret regii tabulæ astronomicæ : accedunt de usu tabularum præcepta.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 4to.
Editors: Bevis, John.
Number of borrowings: 9


Book Work

Edmond Halley (Male, born 1656, died 1742)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomi dum Viveret Regii Tabulae Astronomicae

Borrowed: 1758/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1758/3/17 (Friday).

Borrower: John Robison

Author: Edmond Halley (Male, born 1656, died 1742), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Astronomi dum Viveret Regii Tabulae Astronomicae

Record ID 363

Moss's Sermons Vol. 2d

Borrowed: 1758/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1758/3/21 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 3 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 21 Mar 1758. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

Archibald Hamilton
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology. Original Full Name: Archibald Hamilton.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Moss (Male, born 1666, died 1729)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons and discourses on practical subjects... With a preface, giving some account of the author, by a learned hand
Press: AP. Shelf: 5. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-h.6-9. Original Author: Moss, Robert, 1666-1729..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Moss (Male, born 1666, died 1729)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons and discourses on practical subjects: by Robert Moss, D.D. Late Dean of Ely, and preacher to the Honourable Society of Grays-Inn. Publish'd from the originals at the request of the said society. With a preface, giving some account of the author, by a learned hand.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 128 times in 104 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Moss (Male, born 1666, died 1729)
Genre: Sermons
Sermons and Discourses on Practical Subjects [Robert Moss]

Borrowed: 1758/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1758/3/21 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Archibald Hamilton

Author: Robert Moss (Male, born 1666, died 1729), Genre: Sermons

Sermons and Discourses on Practical Subjects [Robert Moss]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 364

Daciers Horace 4 Vol.

Borrowed: 1758/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1758/3/17 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 3 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 17 Mar 1758. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

James Birch
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic. Original Full Name: James Birch.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Poetry
Oeuvres d'Horace en latine et en françois, avec des remarques critiques et historiques. Par Monsieur Dacier ...
Press: AL. Shelf: 9. Number: 4 &c. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-k.1-10. Original Author: Horace..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

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Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Poetry
Oeuvres d'Horace en latine et en françois, avec des remarques critiques et historiques.
Language: Latin | French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1709. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Dacier, André, 1651-1722.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 34 times in 21 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Poetry
Works of Horace

Borrowed: 1758/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1758/3/17 (Friday).

Borrower: James Birch

Genre: Poetry

Works of Horace

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 365

Poetae Latini Minores Vol. 1st

Borrowed: 1758/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1758/3/17 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 3 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 17 Mar 1758. Professor 1: John Anderson. Professor 2: Joseph Black. Professor 3: James Moor.


Borrower

Alexander Gillies
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Moral Philosophy, Ethics, Natural Philosophy, Physic, Theology, Divinity. Original Full Name: Alexander Gillies.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Poetry
Poetae Latini minores. : Ex editione Petri Burmanni fideliter expressi..
Press: A. Shelf: 1. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 2073  . Original Author: Minor Latin Poets..

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Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Poetry
Poetae latini minores, ex editione Petri Burmanni fideliter expressi.
Language: Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Burman, Pieter, 1668-1741.
Number of borrowings: 5


Book Work

Genre: Poetry
Poetae Latini Minores

Borrowed: 1758/3/3 (Friday). Returned: 1758/3/17 (Friday).

Borrower: Alexander Gillies

Genre: Poetry

Poetae Latini Minores

Record ID 366

Hutcheson's System Vol. 1st

Borrowed: 1758/3/6 (Monday). Returned: 1758/3/22 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 22 Mar 1758. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

William Millar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Moral Philosophy, Theology, Ethics, Natural Philosophy, Divinity. Original Full Name: William Millar.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
System of moral philosophy, in three books ... To which is prefixed, some account of the life, writings, and character of the author by the Reverend William Leechman, D.D.
Press: L. Shelf: 8. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea7-a.11-12. Original Author: Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1758/3/6 (Monday). Returned: 1758/3/22 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Millar

Author: Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

System of Moral Philosophy [Francis Hutcheson]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 367

Simson's Conic Sections

Borrowed: 1758/3/6 (Monday). Returned: 1758/3/22 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 6 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 22 Mar 1758. Professor 1: Robert Simson. Professor 2: James Clow. Professor 3: James Moor.


Borrower

James Bell
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Theology, Divinity, Preacher. Original Full Name: James Bell.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum conicarum libri quinque. / Auctore Roberto Simson, M.D. In Academia Glasguensi Matheseos Professore..
Press: BA. Shelf: 9. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn8-g.3  . Original Author: Simson, Robert, 1687-1768..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum conicarum libri quinque.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 25


Book Work

Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768)
Genre: Mathematics
Sectionum Conicarum [Robert Simson]

Borrowed: 1758/3/6 (Monday). Returned: 1758/3/22 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Bell

Author: Robert Simson (Male, born 1687, died 1768), Genre: Mathematics

Sectionum Conicarum [Robert Simson]

Record ID 368

Hederici Lexicon

Borrowed: 1758/3/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1758/3/21 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 7 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 21 Mar 1758. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

James Sims
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek. Original Full Name: James Sims.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Benjamin Hederich (Male, born 1675, died 1748)
Genre: Education, Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon manuale Graecum ... in tres partes, videlicet hermeneuticam, analyticam, et syntheticam, divisum ... Recensitum et plurimum auctum à Sam. Patrick.
Press: AI. Shelf: 5. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn2-g.12  . Original Author: Hederich, Benjamin, 1675-1748..

Borrowed: 1758/3/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1758/3/21 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Sims

Author: Benjamin Hederich (Male, born 1675, died 1748), Genre: Education, Genre: Reference Works

Lexicon Manuale Graecum

Record ID 369

Leland Answer to Tindal 2 vol

Borrowed: 1758/3/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1758/4/3 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 7 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 3 Apr 1758. Professor 1: James Buchanan.


Borrower

Robert Muter
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Preacher, Divinity, Logic. Original Full Name: Robert Muter.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766)
Genre: Theology
Answer to a late book intituled, Christianity as old as the creation
Press: AP. Shelf: 3. Number: 11: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl2-h.4,5. Original Author: Leland, John, 1691-1766..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1758/3/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1758/4/3 (Monday).

Borrower: Robert Muter

Author: John Leland (Male, born 1691, died 1766), Genre: Theology

Answer to a Book Intituled, Christianity as Old as the Creation

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 370

Olivets Cicero vol 2d

Borrowed: 1758/3/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1758/4/3 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 7 Mar 1758. Original Returned Date: 3 Apr 1758. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

John Graham
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Preacher. Original Full Name: John Graham.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum ... Delphini. Editio secunda emendatissima (Geneva, 1743-1746)
Press: A. Shelf: 4. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn1-h.7-15. Original Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
M. Tullii Ciceronis opera, cum delectu commentariorum, in usum serenissimi delphini.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1743-1746. Format: 4to.
Editors: Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d', 1682-1768
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 161 times in 93 borrowing records


Book Work

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Cicero

Borrowed: 1758/3/7 (Tuesday). Returned: 1758/4/3 (Monday).

Borrower: John Graham

Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Works of Cicero

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2