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Book Holding: An introduction to arithmetic : containing the arithmetic of integers, of vulgar fractions, and of decimals, finite, infinite repeating, and infinite circulating : as also the more necessary and useful rules in business, viz. the rules of three, of five, of fellowship, and rules for practice : with an appendix: containing superficial and solid measure, performed both by cross multiplication, and decimally : to which are subjoined, tables and directions for calculating interest and discount, and for finding on what day of the week any day falls ... / by John Wilson, A.M. late teacher of mathematics.

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An introduction to arithmetic : containing the arithmetic of integers, of vulgar fractions, and of decimals, finite, infinite repeating, and infinite circulating : as also the more necessary and useful rules in business, viz. the rules of three, of five, of fellowship, and rules for practice : with an appendix: containing superficial and solid measure, performed both by cross multiplication, and decimally : to which are subjoined, tables and directions for calculating interest and discount, and for finding on what day of the week any day falls ... / by John Wilson, A.M. late teacher of mathematics.

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Record ID 163734

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 40

Borrowed: 1769/11/2 (Thursday). Returned: 1769/11/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: Andrew Low

Author: John Wilson Teacher of mathematics (Male, died 1746), Genre: Mathematics

Introduction to Arithmetic [John Wilson]

Record ID 165597

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 52

Record ID 166194

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 59

Borrowed: 1771/3/15 (Friday). Returned: 1771/4/20 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander McDougall

Author: John Wilson Teacher of mathematics (Male, died 1746), Genre: Mathematics

Introduction to Arithmetic [John Wilson]

Record ID 168993

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 97

Borrowed: 1770/10/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1771/1/8 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Thomas Ranken

Author: John Wilson Teacher of mathematics (Male, died 1746), Genre: Mathematics

Introduction to Arithmetic [John Wilson]

Record ID 172806

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 141

Borrowed: 1770/10/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1770/10/29 (Monday).

Borrower: William Henderson

Author: John Wilson Teacher of mathematics (Male, died 1746), Genre: Mathematics

Introduction to Arithmetic [John Wilson]

Record ID 174936

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 168

Wilson's Arithmetick

Borrowed: 1772/5/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/7/15 (Wednesday). Classmark: B.4. 4.. Original Returned Text: Wilson's Airthmetic.


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Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1742-1789. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1419252828.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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John Wilson Teacher of mathematics (Male, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
An introduction to arithmetic : containing the arithmetic of integers, of vulgar fractions, and of decimals, finite, infinite repeating, and infinite circulating : as also the more necessary and useful rules in business, viz. the rules of three, of five, of fellowship, and rules for practice : with an appendix: containing superficial and solid measure, performed both by cross multiplication, and decimally : to which are subjoined, tables and directions for calculating interest and discount, and for finding on what day of the week any day falls ... / by John Wilson, A.M. late teacher of mathematics.
Classmark: B.4.4?.

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John Wilson Teacher of mathematics (Male, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
An introduction to arithmetic.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1752. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 14


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John Wilson Teacher of mathematics (Male, died 1746)
Genre: Mathematics
Introduction to Arithmetic [John Wilson]

Borrowed: 1772/5/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1772/7/15 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Alexander Wilson

Author: John Wilson Teacher of mathematics (Male, died 1746), Genre: Mathematics

Introduction to Arithmetic [John Wilson]