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Record ID 4767

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 31r

Figure of the Earth

Borrowed: 1767/1/23 (Friday). Returned: 1767/1/28 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 23 Jan 1767. Original Returned Date: 28 Jan 1767. Professor 1: James Williamson.


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Henry Foote
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic, Ethics, Physic, Divinity. Original Full Name: Henry Foote.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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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 ... Translated from the French.
Press: AF. Shelf: 9. Number: 17. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh8-f.21  . Original Author: Maupertuis, 1698-1759..

Record ID 7874

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 85v

Maupertuis figures of Earth

Borrowed: 1770/3/8 (Thursday). Returned: 1770/3/9 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Mar 1770. Original Returned Date: 9 Mar 1770. Professor 1: John Anderson.


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David Dickson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics, Physic, Natural Philosophy. Original Full Name: David Dickson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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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 ... Translated from the French.
Press: AF. Shelf: 9. Number: 17. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh8-f.21  . Original Author: Maupertuis, 1698-1759..