Galilæi Systema Cosmicum

Borrowed: 1750/4/27 (Monday). Returned: 1750/4/30 (Thursday). Classmark: F.7.30. Original Returned Text: Galilæi Systema Cosmicum. Professor: David Gregory.

Borrowers

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Robert Blair
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Galileo Galilei (Male, born 1564, died 1642)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
[Systema cosmicum ... In quo quatuor dialogis de duobus maximis mundi systematibus ... disseritur. Ex italica lingua latine conuersum. [The translator's preface signed: Matthias Berneggerus.]]
Classmark: F.7.30.

Hugenii Systema Saturnium

Borrowed: 1750/4/27 (Monday). Returned: 1750/4/30 (Thursday). Classmark: F.6.17. Original Returned Text: Hugenii Systema Satur.. Professor: David Gregory.

Borrowers

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
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Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Christiaan Huygens (Male, born 1629, died 1695)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Cristiani Hugenii ... systema Saturnium, sive de causis mirandorum Saturni phaenomenôn, et comite ejus planeta novo.
Classmark: F.6.17.

Ray on y^e Wisdom of God in y^e Creaⁿ

Borrowed: 1750/5/8 (Friday). Returned: 1750/5/15 (Friday). Classmark: J.4.7. Original Returned Text: Ray on y^e Wisdom of God. Professor: Walter Wilson.

Borrowers

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Robert Blair
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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John Ray (Male, born 1627, died 1705)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Theology
The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation. In two parts. ... With answers to some objections. By John Ray, ...
Classmark: J.4.7, P.4.48, P.6.48.

Thomsons Works Vol. 1^st

Borrowed: 1750/5/21 (Thursday). Returned: 1750/5/28 (Thursday). Classmark: J.5.8. Original Returned Text: Thomson's Works V. 1^st. Professor: Henry Rymer.

Borrowers

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Robert Blair
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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James Thomson (Male, born 1700, died 1748)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Mr. Thomson. In two volumes. ...
Classmark: J.5.9, J.5.8, Q.6.26, P.8.51.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Boyles Lectures abridg'd V. 1^st

Borrowed: 1750/11/8 (Sunday). Returned: 1750/11/17 (Tuesday). Classmark: J.4.13. Original Returned Text: Boyle's Lectures abridg'd V. 1^st. Professor: David Gregory.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Gilbert Burnet (Male, born 1643, died 1715)
Genre: Sermons
A defence of natural and revealed religion: being an abridgment of the sermons preached at the lecture founded by the Hon[ble] Robert Boyle, Esq; by Dr. Bentley Bp. Kidder Bp. Williams Bp. Gastrell Dr. Harris Bp. Bradford Bp. Blackhall Dr. Stanhope Dr. S. Clarke Dr. Hancock Mr. Whiston Dr. Turner Dr. Butler Dr. Woodward Mr. Derham Dr. Ibbot Bp. Leng Dr. J. Clarke Archd. Gurdon Dr. Burnet Dr. Berriman. In four volumes. With a general index. By Gilbert Burnet, Vicar of Coggeshall, Essex.
Classmark: J.4.13, B.7.2, B.4.24.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

puffendorf's Introduction to Hist. of. E

Borrowed: 1750/5/21 (Thursday). Returned: 1750/5/28 (Thursday). Classmark: K.5.16. Original Returned Text: Puffendorf's Introduction. Professor: Henry Rymer.

Borrowers

Simon Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367553788.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Robert Blair
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Freiherr von Samuel Pufendorf (Male, born 1632, died 1694)
Genre: History
An introduction to the history of the principal kingdoms and states of Europe. By Samuel Puffendorf, ... Made Euglish [sic] from the original High-Dutch. The eighth edition corrected and improved. With an appendix, ...
Classmark: K.5.23, K.5.16, D.5.13.

Herodoti Hist. Gr Lat

Borrowed: 1750/11/8 (Sunday). Returned: 1750/12/25 (Friday). Classmark: E.3.6. Original Returned Text: Herodoti Hist. Gr Lat.. Professor: David Gregory.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
[Ἡροδοτου Ἁλικαρνασσηος Ἱστοριων λογοι θʹ. ... Του αὐτου ἐξηγησις περι της Ὁμηρου βιοτης. Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum libri IX. ... Ejusdem narratio de vita Homeri. Cum Vallæ interpret. Latina historiarum Herodoti ad H. Stephano recognita. Item cum iconibus structurarum ab Herodoto descriptarum. Ctesiæ quædam de reb. Pers. & Ind. Editio secunda.]
Classmark: E.3.6, N.3.26, L.2.5.

Rollins Rom Hist. Vol. 10^th

Borrowed: 1750/11/8 (Sunday). Returned: 1750/11/17 (Tuesday). Classmark: K.4.8. Original Returned Text: Rollins Rom. hist. V. 10^th. Professor: David Gregory.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium: that is, To the end of the Commonwealth. By Mr. Rollin, late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. Translated from the French.
Classmark: J.5.2, K.4.8, B.4.11, B.3.26.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10

Duhaldes Hist. of China V. 1^st & 2^d

Borrowed: 1751/1/15 (Friday). Returned: 1751/1/28 (Thursday). Classmark: J.4.. Original Returned Text: Du haldes Hist. of China V. 1. & 2^d. Professor: John Young.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Male, born 1674, died 1743)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
The general history of China. Containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea and Thibet. Including an exact and particular account of their customs, manners, ceremonies, religion, arts, and sciences. The whole adorn'd with curious maps, and variety of copper-plates. Done from the French of P. Du Halde.
Classmark: J.4.45, B.5.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Voyage to the World of Cartes

Borrowed: 1750/11/27 (Friday). Returned: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Classmark: E.7.58. Original Returned Text: Voyage to y^e World of Cartes. Professor: John Young.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Gabriel Daniel (Male, born 1649, died 1728)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
A voyage to the world of Cartesius. Written originally in French. Translated into English by T. Taylor, M.A. of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford.
Classmark: E.7.58, C.7.16.

Maclaurin's Newton Philosophy

Borrowed: 1750/12/25 (Friday). Returned: 1751/1/15 (Friday). Classmark: K.3.20. Original Returned Text: Maclaurin's Newt. Philos.. Professor: John Young.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Colin MacLaurin (Male, born 1698, died 1746)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, in Four Books. By Colin MacLaurin, A.M. Late Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and Secretary to the Philosophical Society there. Published from the Author's Manuscript Papers, by Patrick Murdoch, M.A. and F.R.S.
Classmark: K.3.19, K.3.20, K.3.29, L.3.9, E.5.16, S.3.16.

Home's Hist. of the Jews 2 Voll

Borrowed: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Returned: 1751/1/10 (Sunday). Classmark: J.5.9. Original Returned Text: Homes Hist. of the Jews 2 V^s. Professor: John Young.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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James Home (Male, died 1737)
Genre: Theology
The scripture history of the Jews, and their Republick. Being a collection of what is most remarkable in the sacred writings, Relating to the Rise, Establishment and Declension of the Jewish Nation; Their Laws, and Courts of Justice, their Government Civil and Ecclesiastical, their Customs, Manners, &c. Interspers’d with Remarks Divine and Moral. Design’d as a proper Introduction to the Reading and right Understanding of the Holy Scriptures. By James Home, Esq; Advocate. In two volumes. ...
Classmark: J.5.9, D.5.6, L.5.16?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Herodoti Hist. Gr Lat.

Borrowed: 1750/12/25 (Friday). Returned: 1751/2/7 (Sunday). Classmark: E.3.6. Original Returned Text: Herodoti Hist Gr Lat. Professor: John Young.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Herodotus (Male, born c.BCE484, died BCE428)
Genre: History
[Ἡροδοτου Ἁλικαρνασσηος Ἱστοριων λογοι θʹ. ... Του αὐτου ἐξηγησις περι της Ὁμηρου βιοτης. Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum libri IX. ... Ejusdem narratio de vita Homeri. Cum Vallæ interpret. Latina historiarum Herodoti ad H. Stephano recognita. Item cum iconibus structurarum ab Herodoto descriptarum. Ctesiæ quædam de reb. Pers. & Ind. Editio secunda.]
Classmark: E.3.6, N.3.26, L.2.5.

Hutchison on Beauty & Virtue

Borrowed: 1750/11/27 (Friday). Returned: 1750/12/7 (Monday). Classmark: E.6.38. Original Returned Text: Hutchison on Beauty & Virtue. Professor: John Young.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Francis Hutcheson (Male, born 1694, died 1746)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue; in two treatises. In which the principles of the late Earl of Shaftesbury are explain'd and defended, against the author of the Fable of the bees [i.e. Bernard Mandeville]: and the ideas of moral good and evil are establish'd ... [By Francis Hutcheson].
Classmark: E.6.38, C.6.3, B.4.20.

Mairs Book-keeping

Borrowed: 1751/1/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1751/3/9 (Tuesday). Classmark: J.5.. Original Returned Text: Mair's Book-keeping. Professor: John Young.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping methodiz’d: or, a methodical treatise of merchant-accompts, according to the Italian form. Wherein, The theory of the Art is fully Explained, and reduced to practice, by Variety of suitable Examples in all the Branches of Trade. To which is added, A Large Appendix, containing, I. Descriptions and Specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by Merchants. II. Monies and Exchanges, the Nature of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bills of Parcels. III. Precedents of Merchants Writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The Commission, Duty, and Power of Factors. V. A short History of the Trading Companies in Great Britain, with an Account of her Exports and Imports. VI. A Dictionary, explaining the abstruse Words and Terms that occur in Merchandize. By John Mair, A.M.
Classmark: J.5.26, Q.5.5, G.6.14.

Ellis' Voyage to Hudsons Bay

Borrowed: 1751/1/10 (Sunday). Returned: 1751/1/15 (Friday). Classmark: J.6.19. Original Returned Text: Ellis' Voyage. Professor: John Young.

Borrower

Robert Blair
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1367530916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

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Henry Ellis (Male, born 1721, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to Hudson's-Bay, : by the Dobbs galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747, for discovering a North West Passage; with an accurate survey of the coast, and a short natural history of the country : together with a fair view of the facts and arguments from which the future finding of such a passage is rendered probable / by Henry Ellis, Gent., agent for the proprietors in the said expedition ; to which is prefixed, an historical account of the attempts hitherto made for the finding a passage that way to the East-Indies ; illustrated with proper cuts, and a new and correct chart of Hudson's-Bay, with the countries adjacent.
Classmark: J.6.19, D.4.7, P.8.3.