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MS Lib 3: Students Receipt Book, with professor's names, page 11r

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Record ID 1569

Stanley's Lives of the Phil:

Borrowed: 1761/1/19 (Monday). Returned: 1761/2/3 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 3 Feb 1761. Professor 1: Adam Smith. Professor 2: William Leechman. Professor 3: James Moor.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Stanley (Male, born 1625, died 1678)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
History of philosophy: containing the lives, opinions, actions, and discourses of the philosophers of every sect. Illustrated with the effigies of divers of them.
Press: L. Shelf: 6. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk10-c.9  . Original Author: Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Stanley (Male, born 1625, died 1678)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The history of philosophy: containing the lives, opinions, actions and discourses of the philosophers of every sect.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1701. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 55


Book Work

Thomas Stanley (Male, born 1625, died 1678)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
History of Philosophy [Thomas Stanley]

Borrowed: 1761/1/19 (Monday). Returned: 1761/2/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: William McMaster

Author: Thomas Stanley (Male, born 1625, died 1678), Genre: History, Genre: Lives, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

History of Philosophy [Thomas Stanley]

Record ID 1570

Theodosius Spheriks

Borrowed: 1761/1/19 (Monday). Returned: 1761/2/4 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 4 Feb 1761. Professor 1: John Anderson. Professor 2: Adam Smith. Professor 3: James Moor.


Borrower

John Dunbar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Physic, Natural Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: John Dunbar.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Theodosius (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Theodosiou Sphairikon biblia g. Theodosii Sphaericorum libri tres.
Press: A. Shelf: 12. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RB 400  . Original Author: Theodosius..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Theodosius (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Theodosiou sphairikōn biblia 3. Theodosii sphæricorum libri tres.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1707. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11


Book Work

Theodosius (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Sphaericorum Libri Tres

Borrowed: 1761/1/19 (Monday). Returned: 1761/2/4 (Wednesday).

Borrower: John Dunbar

Author: Theodosius (Male), Genre: Mathematics

Sphaericorum Libri Tres

Record ID 1571

Rollins Method vol 2.d

Borrowed: 1761/1/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1761/2/5 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 5 Feb 1761. Professor 1: William Leechman.


Borrower

William McMaster
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Ethics, Natural Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: William McMaster.
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 2

Borrowed: 1761/1/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1761/2/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: William McMaster

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 1572

Clark & Waterland on Trinity

Borrowed: 1761/1/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1761/2/11 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 11 Feb 1761. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Daniel Waterland (Male, born 1683, died 1740)
Genre: Theology
Vindication of Christ's divinity: being a defense of some queries, relating to Dr. Clarke's scheme of the H. Trinity, in answer to a clergyman in the country
Press: CF. Shelf: 4. Number: 7. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl3-h.16. Original Author: Waterland, Daniel, 1683-1740..

Borrowed: 1761/1/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1761/2/11 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Robert Muter

Author: Daniel Waterland (Male, born 1683, died 1740), Genre: Theology

Vindication of Christ’s Divinity: Being a Defense of Some Queries

Record ID 1573

Clark on the Attributes

Borrowed: 1761/1/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1761/2/11 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 11 Feb 1761. Professor 1: George Muirhead.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17)
Genre: Theology
Discourse concerning the being and attributes of God, the obligations of natural religion, and the truth and certainty of the Christian revelation. In answer to Mr. Hobbs, Spinoza, the author of The Oracles of Reason, and other deniers of natural and revealed religion. : Being sixteen sermons, preach'd in the cathedral-church of St. Paul, in the years 1704, and 1705, at the lecture founded by the honourable Robert Boyle, Esq.
Press: CF. Shelf: 4. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RB 3330. Original Author: Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729..

Borrowed: 1761/1/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1761/2/11 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Robert Muter

Author: Samuel Clarke (Male, born 1675-10-11, died 1729-5-17), Genre: Theology

Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God

Record ID 1574

Commandines Euclid

Borrowed: 1761/1/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1761/2/6 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 6 Feb 1761. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Euclid (Male)
Genre: Mathematics
Euclidis elementorum libri priores sex, item undecimus et duodecimus, : ex versione Latina Federici Commandini; sublatis iis quibus olim libri hi a Theone, aliisve, vitiati sunt, et quibusdam Euclidis demonstrationibus restitutis, a Roberto Simson, M.D. In Academia Glasguensi Matheseos Professore..
Press: BY. Shelf: 4. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn8-d.4  . Original Author: Euclid..

Borrowed: 1761/1/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1761/2/6 (Friday).

Borrower: Samuel Livingston

Author: Euclid (Male), Genre: Mathematics

Elements of Geometry [Euclid]

Record ID 1575

Lucretius De Rerum Natu

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/5 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 5 Feb 1761. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

Ezekiel Brown
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Theology. Original Full Name: Ezekiel Brown.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Titus Lucretius Carus (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
Titi Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex.
Press: AI. Shelf: 8. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm2-i.17  . Original Author: Lucretius Carus, Titus..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Titus Lucretius Carus (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
Titi Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex.
Language: Latin . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1695. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9


Book Work

Titus Lucretius Carus (Male)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Poetry
De Rerum Natura

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/5 (Thursday).

Borrower: Ezekiel Brown

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

De Rerum Natura

Record ID 1576

Lelands Answer to Tin 1st vol

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/1/26 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 26 Jan 1761. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

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

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/1/26 (Monday).

Borrower: James Taylor

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

Record ID 1577

Pearson on Creed

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/4 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 4 Feb 1761. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Pearson (Male, born 1613, died 1686)
Genre: Theology
Exposition of the Creed.
Press: CC. Shelf: 3. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh9-d.13. Original Author: Pearson, John, 1613?-1686..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Pearson (Male, born 1613, died 1686)
Genre: Theology
An exposition of the Creed.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1692. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 29


Book Work

John Pearson (Male, born 1613, died 1686)
Genre: Theology
Exposition of the Creed

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/4 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Taylor

Author: John Pearson (Male, born 1613, died 1686), Genre: Theology

Exposition of the Creed

Record ID 1578

Sharp's Surgery

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/3 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 3 Feb 1761. Professor 1: Joseph Black.


Borrower

Samuel Kennedy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Physic. Original Full Name: Samuel Kennedy.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
Critical enquiry into the present state of surgery
Press: AT. Shelf: 7. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk8-f.15  . Original Author: Sharp, Samuel, 1700?-1778..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 18


Book Work

Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778)
Genre: Medicine
Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Samuel Kennedy

Author: Samuel Sharp (Male, born c.1700, died 1778), Genre: Medicine

Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery

Record ID 1579

Kersey's Algebra

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/4 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 4 Feb 1761. Professor 1: John Anderson.


Borrower

Robert Hezlet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Theology, Ethics, Physic, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: Robert Hezlet.
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?..

Book Edition

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: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/4 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Robert Hezlet

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

Elements of that Mathematical Art Commonly called Algebra

Record ID 1580

Mortimers Agriculture 2 vols

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/3 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 3 Feb 1761. Professor 1: Adam Smith.


Borrower

John Gallon
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy. Original Full Name: John Gallon.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

J. (John) Mortimer (Male, born c.1656, died 1736)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Whole art of husbandry, or, The way of managing and improving of land ...
Press: M. Shelf: 5. Number: 17.18. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-h.17,18. Original Author: Mortimer, John, F.R.S..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

J. (John) Mortimer (Male, born c.1656, died 1736)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The whole art of husbandry: or, The way of managing and improving of land.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 3 borrowing records


Book Work

J. (John) Mortimer (Male, born c.1656, died 1736)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Whole Art of Husbandry: or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/3 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Gallon

Author: J. (John) Mortimer (Male, born c.1656, died 1736), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge

Whole Art of Husbandry: or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 1581

Ars Cogitandi

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/4 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 4 Feb 1761. Professor 1: James Moor.


Borrower

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


Book HoldingLibrary record

Antoine Arnauld (Male, born 1612, died 1694)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Logica sive ars cogitandi: in qua praeter vvlgares regvlas plura nova habentur ad rationem dirigenda utilia.
Press: CF. Shelf: 4. Number: 11. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm8-k.5  . Original Author: Arnauld, Antoine, 1612-1694..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Antoine Arnauld (Male, born 1612, died 1694)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Logica sive ars cogitandi: in qua praeter vvlgares regvlas plura nova habentur ad rationem dirigenda utilia.
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1702. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Nicole, Pierre, 1625-1695.
Number of borrowings: 10


Book Work

Antoine Arnauld (Male, born 1612, died 1694)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Logica sive Ars Cogitandi

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/4 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Archibald Kennedy

Author: Antoine Arnauld (Male, born 1612, died 1694), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Logica sive Ars Cogitandi

Record ID 1582

Livy notis Gron: & alior.

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/4 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Jan 1761. Original Returned Date: 4 Feb 1761. Professor 1: James Clow.


Borrower

Timothy Kirby
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Logic, Natural Philosophy, Medicine, Anatomy. Original Full Name: Timothy Kirby.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
Historiarum quad exstat, cum perpetuis Car. Sigonii et J.F. Gronovii notis. Jac. Gronovius probavit, suasque et aliorum notas adjecit
Press: CD. Shelf: 4. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Ea5-d.11-13. Original Author: Livy..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
Historiarum quad exstat, cum perpetuis Car. Sigonii et J.F. Gronovii notis. Jac. Gronovius probavit, suasque et aliorum notas adjecit
Language: Latin . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1678. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Gronovius, Jacobus, 1645-1716.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
History of Rome [Livy]

Borrowed: 1761/1/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1761/2/4 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Timothy Kirby

Author: Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12), Genre: History

History of Rome [Livy]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3