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Record ID 66440

Library: Inverness Kirk Sessions Library. Register: Inverness Kirk Sessions Library (1758-1794, Type: Other). Page: 1

Leyburns Astronomy

Borrowed: 1761/3/25 (Wednesday).


Borrower

George Mark
Gender: Male.


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William Leybourn (Male, born 1626, died 1716)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Introduction to astronomy and geography [Leybourn]

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William Leybourn (Male, born 1626, died 1716)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
An introduction to astronomy and geography: being a plain and easie treatise of the globes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1675. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


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William Leybourn (Male, born 1626, died 1716)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Introduction to Astronomy and Geography

Record ID 14821

Library: Inverness Kirk Sessions Library. Register: Inverness Kirk Sessions Library (1758-1794, Type: Other). Page: 2

7 Vols. of Nature displayd

Borrowed: 1790/9/24 (Friday).


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John Falconer
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1742-1792.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


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Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or nature display’d
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7

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Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records


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Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1790/9/24 (Friday).

Borrower: John Falconer

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7