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Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 4: Professors Receipt Book (1765-1770, Type: Professorial). Page: 40r

Hugenii Cosmotheorus

Borrowed: 1770/1/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/2/6 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 23 Jan 1770. Original Returned Date: 6 Feb 1770.


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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.


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Christiaan Huygens (Male, born 1629, died 1695)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cosmotheros: or conjectures concerning the planetary worlds, and their inhabitants.
Press: BA. Shelf: 12. Number: 2. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll NQ.6.1  . Original Author: Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695..

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Christiaan Huygens (Male, born 1629, died 1695)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cosmotheoros: or Conjectures concerning the planetary worlds, and their inhabitants.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1757. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Christiaan Huygens (Male, born 1629, died 1695)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cosmotheoros: or Conjectures Concerning the Planetary Worlds, and their Inhabitants