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MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book, page 111r

Record ID 54950

Chambers' Dictionary Vol. 2.

Borrowed: 1783/5/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1783/8/3 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 7 May 1783. Original Returned Date: 3 Aug 1783.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740)
Genre: Reference Works
Cyclopaedia: or, an universal dictionary of arts and sciences... Extracted from the best authors, dictionaries ... &c. in several languages.
Press: AB. Shelf: 4. Number: 1: 2d. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-a.1-4. Original Author: Chambers, Ephraim..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740)
Genre: Reference Works
Cyclopaedia: or, an universal dictionary of the arts and sciences.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741-1743. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 67 times in 35 borrowing records


Book Work

Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740)
Genre: Reference Works
Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences

Borrowed: 1783/5/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1783/8/3 (Sunday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: Ephraim Chambers (Male, born c.1680, died 1740), Genre: Reference Works

Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 54951

Edinburgh Physical and literary essays Vol. 2

Borrowed: 1783/5/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/4/13 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 May 1783. Original Returned Date: 13 Apr 1784.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Press: CR. Shelf: 4. Number: 18. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-g.10-12. Original Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and observations, physical and literary. Read before a society in Edinburgh, and published by them.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1754-1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 204 times in 116 borrowing records


Book Work

Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary

Borrowed: 1783/5/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/4/13 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: Edinburgh Philosophical Society (Unspecified), Genre: Belles Lettres

Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 54952

Lewis Commercium Technicum

Borrowed: 1783/11/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/4/8 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Nov 1783. Original Returned Date: 8 Apr 1784.


Borrower

Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.


Book HoldingLibrary record

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.
Press: D. Shelf: 7. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-e.15  . Original Author: Lewis, William, 1708-1781..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

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


Book Work

William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts

Borrowed: 1783/11/19 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/4/8 (Thursday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge

Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 54953

Nautical Almanac for 1773.

Borrowed: 1783/12/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1784/4/8 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 11 Dec 1783. Original Returned Date: 8 Apr 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book Holding

Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
The nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris, for the year 1773.
Press: AQ. Shelf: 1.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
The nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris, for the year 1773.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Commissioners of Longitude Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris

Record ID 54954

Philosophical Transactions for 1782 part. 2d

Borrowed: 1783/12/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1784/1/29 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 23 Dec 1783. Original Returned Date: 29 Jan 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 8. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 668-788. Original Author: Royal Society of London..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 72

Record ID 54955

Dalrymple's Memoirs 2 Vols

Borrowed: 1784/1/12 (Monday). Returned: 1784/4/14 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Jan 1784. Original Returned Date: 14 Apr 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland: From the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the sea-battle off La Hogue.
Press: D. Shelf: 2. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Store HQ01808-HQ01809. Original Author: Dalrymple, John, Sir, 1726-1810..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the sea-battle off La Hogue. By Sir John Dalrymple, Bart.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 23 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue

Borrowed: 1784/1/12 (Monday). Returned: 1784/4/14 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Patrick Wilson

Author: Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810), Genre: History

Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 54956

Memoires de Berlin 1778, 1779, 1780

Borrowed: 1784/2/11 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/2/17 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 11 Feb 1784. Original Returned Date: 17 Feb 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany) (Unspecified)
Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences et des belles lettres de Berlin : avec les mémoires pour la même année, tirez des registres de cette Académie.
Press: K. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 396-419. Original Author: Académie royale des sciences et belles lettres (Berlin, Germany).
Volumes borrowed: Volume , Volume , Volume

Record ID 54957

Mem. de l'Acad. de Sciences Tom 2, 9, 10, 1709-19-21-33-41-45

Borrowed: 1784/2/16 (Monday). Returned: 1784/3/4 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 Feb 1784. Original Returned Date: 4 Mar 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des sciences avec les mémoires de mathématique et physique.
Press: BB. Shelf: 3. Number: 15. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 288-394. Original Author: Académie royale des sciences (France).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 1709, Volume 1719, Volume 1721, Volume 1733, Volume 1741, Volume 1745

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences, avec les mémoires de mathématique et de physique.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1666-1789. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 180 times in 110 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences

Borrowed: 1784/2/16 (Monday). Returned: 1784/3/4 (Thursday).

Borrower: Patrick Wilson

Genre: Periodicals

Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 1709, Volume 1719, Volume 1721, Volume 1733, Volume 1741, Volume 1745

Record ID 54958

Philosophical Transactions for 1777 p.t 2

Borrowed: 1784/3/5 (Friday). Returned: 1784/4/8 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 5 Mar 1784. Original Returned Date: 8 Apr 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 8. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 668-788. Original Author: Royal Society of London..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 67

Record ID 54959

Bibliotheque des Sciences T. 44, 45

Borrowed: 1784/3/12 (Friday). Returned: 1784/3/18 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 12 Mar 1784. Original Returned Date: 18 Mar 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Periodicals
Bibliotheque des sciences et des beaux arts.
Press: AY. Shelf: 12. Number: 22. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn9-l.1-50.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 44, Volume 45

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
Bibliothèque des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1754-1780. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 9 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals
Bibliothèque des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts

Borrowed: 1784/3/12 (Friday). Returned: 1784/3/18 (Thursday).

Borrower: Patrick Wilson

Genre: Periodicals

Bibliothèque des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts

Volumes borrowed: Volume 44, Volume 45

Record ID 54960

Philosophical Transactions for 1672

Borrowed: 1784/4/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1784/5/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Apr 1784. Original Returned Date: 28 May 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 8. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 668-788. Original Author: Royal Society of London..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Record ID 54961

Nautical Almanac for 1784 & 1787

Borrowed: 1784/4/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/5/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Apr 1784. Original Returned Date: 28 May 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book Holding

[Nautical almanac.]
Press: AQ. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Original Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of Longitude..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1784/4/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1784/5/28 (Friday).

Borrower: Patrick Wilson

[Nautical almanac.]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 54962

Philosophical Transactions foro 1777 part 1.st

Borrowed: 1784/5/28 (Friday). Returned: 1784/6/22 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 May 1784. Original Returned Date: 22 Jun 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 8. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 668-788. Original Author: Royal Society of London..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 60

Record ID 54963

Nautical Almanac for 1784 & 1787

Borrowed: 1784/5/28 (Friday). Returned: 1784/10/28 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 May 1784. Original Returned Date: 28 Oct 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book Holding

[Nautical almanac.]
Press: AQ. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Original Author: Great Britain. Commissioners of Longitude..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1784/5/28 (Friday). Returned: 1784/10/28 (Thursday).

Borrower: Patrick Wilson

[Nautical almanac.]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 54964

Philosophical Transactions Vol. 9 & 10

Borrowed: 1784/5/28 (Friday). Returned: 1784/12/21 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 28 May 1784. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 8. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 668-788. Original Author: Royal Society of London..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10

Record ID 54965

Priestley on electricity

Borrowed: 1784/7/16 (Friday). Returned: 1785/6/22 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 Jul 1784. Original Returned Date: 22 Jun 1785.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and present state of electricity, : with original experiments
Press: D. Shelf: 7. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi2-e.1  . Original Author: Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 20


Book Work

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments

Borrowed: 1784/7/16 (Friday). Returned: 1785/6/22 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Patrick Wilson

Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Natural Philosophy

History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments

Record ID 54966

Philosophical Transactions Vol. 70. p.t 2.d

Borrowed: 1784/7/16 (Friday). Returned: 1785/6/22 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 16 Jul 1784. Original Returned Date: 22 Jun 1785.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Royal Society (Great Britain) (Unspecified, born 1660)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Periodicals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
Press: AZ. Shelf: 8. Number: 6. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 668-788. Original Author: Royal Society of London..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 70.2

Record ID 54967

Elemens d'Astronomie par Cassini

Borrowed: 1784/8/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1784/12/21 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 19 Aug 1784. Original Returned Date: 21 Dec 1784.


Borrower

Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Éléments d'astronomie.
Press: BB. Shelf: 5. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll q768. Original Author: Cassini, Jacques..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Élémens d'astronomie.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 9


Book Work

Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Élémens d'Astronomie [Jacques Cassini]

Borrowed: 1784/8/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1784/12/21 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Patrick Wilson

Author: Jacques Cassini (Male, born 1677, died 1756), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Élémens d'Astronomie [Jacques Cassini]