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Record ID 4739
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 30r
Figure of y.e Earth
Borrowed: 1767/1/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1767/1/23 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Jan 1767. Original Returned Date: 23 Jan 1767. Professor 1: James Williamson.
William Boyd
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic, Ethics, Natural Philosophy, Physic. Original Full Name: William Boyd.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Figure of the earth, determined from observations made by order of the French king at the polar circle.
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh8-f.21. Original Author: Maupertuis, 1698-1759..
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The figure of the Earth, Determined from Observations Made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle: by Messrs de Maupertuis, Camus, Clairaut, Le Monnier, Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences; The Abbé Outhier, Correspondent of the Academy; and Mr. Celsius, Professor of Astronomy at Upsal. Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T97821
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Figure of the Earth, Determined from Observations Made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle
Borrowed: 1767/1/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1767/1/23 (Friday).
Borrower: William Boyd
Author: Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759), Genre: Natural Philosophy