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Record ID 818

Gravesends Elements

Borrowed: 1759/3/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1759/3/22 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 22 Mar 1759. Professor 1: John Anderson.


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.


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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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Confidence level: Certain

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

Borrowed: 1759/3/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1759/3/22 (Thursday).

Borrower: James Bell

Author: Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (Male, born 1688, died 1742), Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy, Confirmed by Experiments

Record ID 819

History of the Knights of Malta vol 1st

Borrowed: 1759/3/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1759/3/27 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 27 Mar 1759. Professor 1: 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.


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Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Histoire des Chevaliers hospitaliers de S Jean de Jerusalem, appellez depuis les Chevaliers de Rhodes. et aujourd'hui les Chevaliers de Malte (Paris, 1726)
Press: AH. Shelf: 3. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RQ 751-4. Original Author: Vertot, abbé de, 1655-1735..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Histoire des Chevaliers hospitaliers de S. Jean de Jerusalem appellez depuis Chevaliers de Rhodes, et aujourd'hui Chevaliers de Malthe.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1726. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 12 borrowing records


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Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, styled afterwards, the Knights of Rhodes, and at present, the Knights of Malta

Record ID 820

Rowes friendship in death

Borrowed: 1759/3/9 (Friday). Returned: 1759/3/26 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 26 Mar 1759. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Elizabeth Singer Rowe (Female, born 1674, died 1737)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Friendship in death: in twenty letters from the dead to the living. To which are added, Letters moral and entertaining, in prose and verse. In three parts
Press: AS. Shelf: 6. Number: 11. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-h.1  . Original Author: Rowe, Elizabeth Singer, 1674-1737..

Record ID 821

Kerseys Algebra

Borrowed: 1759/3/9 (Friday). Returned: 1759/3/7 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 9 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 7 Mar 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

James Jack
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Theology, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: James Jack.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Kersey (Male, born 1616, died c.1690)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Elements of that mathematical art commonly called algebra, : expounded in four books.
Press: P. Shelf: 6. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-e.9  . Original Author: Kersey, John, 1616-1690?..

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Confidence level: Certain

John Kersey (Male, born 1616, died c.1690)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Elements of that mathematical art commonly called algebra: expounded in four books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1673. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 17


Book Work

John Kersey (Male, born 1616, died c.1690)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Elements of that Mathematical Art Commonly called Algebra

Borrowed: 1759/3/9 (Friday). Returned: 1759/3/7 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Jack

Author: John Kersey (Male, born 1616, died c.1690), Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics

Elements of that Mathematical Art Commonly called Algebra

Record ID 822

Jenkins Reasonableness 2 vols

Borrowed: 1759/3/12 (Monday). Returned: 1759/3/27 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 27 Mar 1759. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Jenkin (Male, born 1656, died 1727)
Genre: Theology
Reasonableness and certainty of the Christian religion
Press: CF. Shelf: 4. Number: 21.22. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl2-h.22,23. Original Author: Jenkin, Robert, 1656-1727..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Jenkin (Male, born 1656, died 1727)
Genre: Theology
The reasonableness and certainty of the Christian religion.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1708. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Jenkin (Male, born 1656, died 1727)
Genre: Theology
Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion

Borrowed: 1759/3/12 (Monday). Returned: 1759/3/27 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Maitland

Author: Robert Jenkin (Male, born 1656, died 1727), Genre: Theology

Reasonableness and Certainty of the Christian Religion

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 823

Mclaurins Algebra

Borrowed: 1759/3/12 (Monday). Returned: 1759/3/26 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 26 Mar 1759. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

Henry Reed
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics. Original Full Name: Henry Reed.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Arithmeticae et algebrae compendium ...
Press: AU. Shelf: 6. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll NM.3.12  . Original Author: MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746..

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Confidence level: Certain

David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Arithmeticæ et algebræ compendium. In usum juventutis academicæ.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 55


Book Work

David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics
Arithmeticae et Algebrae Compendium

Borrowed: 1759/3/12 (Monday). Returned: 1759/3/26 (Monday).

Borrower: Henry Reed

Author: David Gregory (Male, born 1659-6-3, died 1708-10-10), Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746), Genre: Education, Genre: Mathematics

Arithmeticae et Algebrae Compendium

Record ID 824

Rollins Antient History vol 3d

Borrowed: 1759/3/12 (Monday). Returned: 1759/3/27 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 27 Mar 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

Daniel Rainey
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Anatomy, Physic, Medicine. Original Full Name: Daniel Rainey.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Antient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.1-12. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1315 times in 857 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Borrowed: 1759/3/12 (Monday). Returned: 1759/3/27 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Daniel Rainey

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

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 825

Rollins history vol: 1st

Borrowed: 1759/3/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1759/3/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 13 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 21 Mar 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

Hamilton Kelso
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: Hamilton Kelso.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Antient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.1-12. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1315 times in 857 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Borrowed: 1759/3/13 (Tuesday). Returned: 1759/3/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Hamilton Kelso

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

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 826

Midletouns Life of Cicero vol 1st

Borrowed: 1759/3/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/4/5 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 5 Apr 1759. Professor 1: Joseph Black.


Borrower

Samuel Billingsley
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Divinity. Original Full Name: Samuel Billingsley.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero: in two volumes
Press: L. Shelf: 6. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-d.7-8. Original Author: Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
The history of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. In two volumes. By Conyers Middleton, D. D. Principal Library-Keeper of the University of Cambridge
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 104 times in 73 borrowing records


Book Work

Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Borrowed: 1759/3/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/4/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: Samuel Billingsley

Author: Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750), Genre: Lives

History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 827

Memoire de Chirurgie vol 1st

Borrowed: 1759/3/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/4/3 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 3 Apr 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

Archibald Semple
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Medicine, Physic. Original Full Name: Archibald Semple.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Académie de Chirurgie (Paris) (Unspecified)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Surgery at Paris. Being a collection of observations and experiments, made by the most eminent surgeons of France ...
Press: BA. Shelf: 3. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll NE.2.8-10. Original Author: Académie de Chirurgie (Paris).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1759/3/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/4/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Archibald Semple

Author: Académie de Chirurgie (Paris) (Unspecified), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Surgery at Paris

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 828

Rollins ?Roman History vol 2d

Borrowed: 1759/3/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/4/4 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 4 Apr 1759. Professor 1: Robert Simson.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Antient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. Translated from the French.
Press: AR. Shelf: 7. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk9-h.1-12. Original Author: Rollin, Charles, 1661-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734-1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1315 times in 857 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Borrowed: 1759/3/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/4/4 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Alexander Buchanan

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

Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 829

Pope & Swifts Miscellanies vol 2d

Borrowed: 1759/3/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/4/3 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 14 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 3 Apr 1759. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

Archibald Bruce
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Greek, Divinity. Original Full Name: Archibald Bruce. Life dates: d. 1799. Academic dates: MA 1762.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellanies in prose and verse.
Press: AS. Shelf: 6. Number: 4: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-h.11-13. Original Author: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellanies in prose and verse.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 95 borrowing records


Book Work

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse

Borrowed: 1759/3/14 (Wednesday). Returned: 1759/4/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Archibald Bruce

Author: Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry

Miscellanies in Prose and Verse

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 830

Buxtorfs Lexicon

Borrowed: 1759/3/16 (Friday). Returned: 1759/4/3 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 3 Apr 1759. Professor 1: James Buchanan.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Johann Buxtorf (Male, born 1564, died 1629)
Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon Hebraicum, Chaldaicum et Rabbinico-philosophicum.
Press: CB. Shelf: 6. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh10-k.29. Original Author: Buxtorf, Johann, 1564-1629..

Borrowed: 1759/3/16 (Friday). Returned: 1759/4/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Stirling

Author: Johann Buxtorf (Male, born 1564, died 1629), Genre: Reference Works

Thesaurus Grammaticus Linguae Sanctae Hebraeae

Record ID 831

Havercampus Lucretius 2 vols

Borrowed: 1759/3/16 (Friday). Returned: 1759/4/5 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 Mar 1759. Original Returned Date: 5 Apr 1759. Professor 1: John Anderson. Professor 2: Robert Simson. Professor 3: James Clow.


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.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Titus Lucretius Carus (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
De rerum natura libri sex, cum notis ... [variorum] curante Sigeberto Havercampo, qui et suas et Abrahami Preigeri adnotationes adjecit. Accedunt interpretatio Thomae Creech, variae lectiones ... ut et ... locupletissimi indices. Cum figuris artificiosissimis atque venustissimis.
Press: A. Shelf: 1. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi1-e.10-11. Original Author: Lucretius Carus, Titus..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1759/3/16 (Friday). Returned: 1759/4/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: William Millar

Author: Titus Lucretius Carus (Male), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry

De Rerum Natura

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2