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Book Edition: Optical essays, Containing, I. A practical description of the several sorts of single, solar, and compound microscops; with their apparatus, and latest improvments. II. The nature of vision in insects demonstrated by microscopic observations. III. A catalogue of all principal microscopic objects. IV. The use of the reflecting telescope as an universal perspective for viewing every sort of object in the greatest perfection. V. The manner of computing the magnifying power in single and double microscopes. VI. A new method of applying a micrometer to take the dimension: of small objects. VII. An illustration of the whole in a great variety of figures on a large copper-plate.

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Optical essays, Containing, I. A practical description of the several sorts of single, solar, and compound microscops; with their apparatus, and latest improvments. II. The nature of vision in insects demonstrated by microscopic observations. III. A catalogue of all principal microscopic objects. IV. The use of the reflecting telescope as an universal perspective for viewing every sort of object in the greatest perfection. V. The manner of computing the magnifying power in single and double microscopes. VI. A new method of applying a micrometer to take the dimension: of small objects. VII. An illustration of the whole in a great variety of figures on a large copper-plate.

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Record ID 111905

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 44

Martin's Essays

Borrowed: 1769/11/14 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/6/0.


Borrower

Thomas Sanden
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91686. Dissertation: De Atmosphaerae natura.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1772; MD (Edin), 1774. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Optical essays, etc. [Martin]

Borrowed: 1769/11/14 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Thomas Sanden

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 122615

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 116

Borrowed: 1770/11/16 (Friday).

Borrower: Batholomew Parr

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 123680

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 124

Borrowed: 1770/12/18 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Ricketts

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 95918

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 19

Borrowed: 1771/3/5 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Ricketts

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 96446

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 30

Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday).

Borrower: Cairnoan McDowell

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 98387

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 61

Borrowed: 1771/5/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Govan

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 98432

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 62

Martin's Essays

Borrowed: 1771/5/16 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0. Funds deposited: Auchtermuchty Note.


Borrower

James Moody
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91682. Dissertation: De causis et formis Febrium.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1771; MD (1772). Origin: Irish.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Optical essays, etc. [Martin]

Borrowed: 1771/5/16 (Thursday).

Borrower: James Moody

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 99419

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 90

Borrowed: 1771/9/26 (Thursday).

Borrower: Richard Whitacker

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 100886

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 145

Borrowed: 1772/1/4 (Saturday).

Borrower: George Campbell

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 101969

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 187

Borrowed: 1772/2/15 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Colvil

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 103100

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 232

Martin's Essays

Borrowed: 1772/4/11 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

Forrest Dewar
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/81212. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1766-1769. Other: Apprentice to the Royal College of Surgeons, 1766; Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Optical essays, etc. [Martin]

Borrowed: 1772/4/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: Forrest Dewar

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 132486

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.10 (1773-1775, Type: Student). Page: 115

Borrowed: 1773/11/12 (Friday).

Borrower: James Shirreff Junior

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 132849

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.10 (1773-1775, Type: Student). Page: 119

Borrowed: 1773/11/19 (Friday).

Borrower: Alexander Stewart

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 143343

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.10 (1773-1775, Type: Student). Page: 326

Borrowed: 1775/2/20 (Monday).

Borrower: John Blair

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 146853

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 67

Borrowed: 1775/11/17 (Friday).

Borrower: James Smith

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 148746

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 93

Borrowed: 1775/12/22 (Friday).

Borrower: John Lee

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 149733

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 119

Borrowed: 1776/1/16 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Hope

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 155301

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 182

Borrowed: 1776/3/25 (Monday).

Borrower: George Leith

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 155655

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 188

Borrowed: 1776/3/30 (Saturday).

Borrower: Thomas Robertson

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays

Record ID 155730

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 191

Borrowed: 1776/4/2 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Arthur Leith

Author: Benjamin Martin (Male, born 1705, died 1782), Genre: Natural Philosophy

Optical Essays