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Record ID 113480
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 50
Emerson's Mechanicks
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Emerson (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Mathematics
The principles of mechanics [Emerson].
Confidence level: Certain
William Emerson (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Mathematics
The Principles of Mechanics. Explaining and Demonstrating The general Laws of Motion, The Laws of Gravity, Motion of Descending Bodies, Projectiles, Mechanic Powers, Pendulums, Centers of Gravity, &c. Strength and Stress of Timber, Hydrostatics, and Construction of Machines. A Work very necessary to be known, by all Gentlemen, and Other, that desire to have an Insight into the Works of Nature and Art. And extremely useful to all Sorts of Artificers; particularly to Architects, Engineers, Shipwrights, Millwrights, Watchmakers, &c. or any that work in a Mechanical Way.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 25
ESTC: T77168
William Emerson (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Mathematics
Principles of Mechanics [William Emerson]
Borrowed: 1769/12/8 (Friday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: William Emerson (Male, born 1701, died 1782), Genre: Mathematics
Record ID 96635
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 34
Alexr's Essays
Borrowed: 1771/3/25 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/4/0.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
William Alexander (Male, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental essays on the following subjects: I. On the external application of antiseptics in putrid diseases. II. On the doses and effects of medicines. III. On diuretics and sudorifics [Alexander]
Historical Shelfmark: A.A.A.K.b.7 [or A.A.M.g.7].
Confidence level: Certain
William Alexander (Male, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental essays on the following subjects: I. On the external application of antiseptics in putrid diseases. II. On the doses and effects of medicines. III. On diuretics and sudorifics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 27
ESTC: T87443
William Alexander (Male, died 1783)
Genre: Medicine
Experimental Essays [William Alexander]
Borrowed: 1771/3/25 (Monday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: William Alexander (Male, died 1783), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 97034
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 40
Shaw on Arts
Borrowed: 1771/4/1 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/5/0.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Peter Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1763)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Essays for the improvement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, by means of chemistry.
Confidence level: Certain
Peter Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1763)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Essays for the improvement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, By Means of chemistry: containing, I. An essay for the farther advancing and applying Chemistry, in England, to the improvement of numerous Arts and Trades. II. An essay to improve the British Distillery, in the hands of the Maltstiller, Rectifier, Compounder, and Apothecary; by directing the carrying on their several Works with greater Accuracy. III. An essay to introduce an Art of concentrating Wines, Beers, and other fermented Liquors, or reducing their Bulk to Advantage, for Exportation and long Voyages.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T63056
Peter Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1763)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Essays for the Improvement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, by Means of Chemistry
Borrowed: 1771/4/1 (Monday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: Peter Shaw (Male, born 1694, died 1763), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Essays for the Improvement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, by Means of Chemistry
Record ID 104003
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 251
Blackrie on the Stone
Borrowed: 1772/5/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Alexander Blackrie (Male, died 1772)
Genre: Medicine
Disquisition on medicines that dissolve the stone [Blackrie]
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Blackrie (Male, died 1772)
Genre: Medicine
A disquisition on medicines that dissolve the stone. In which Dr. Chittick’s secret is considered and discovered.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: N2438
Alexander Blackrie (Male, died 1772)
Genre: Medicine
Disquisition on Medicines that Dissolve the Stone
Borrowed: 1772/5/15 (Friday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: Alexander Blackrie (Male, died 1772), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 104006
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 251
& Millar on the Asthma
Borrowed: 1772/5/15 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the asthma, and on the hooping cough [Millar]
Confidence level: Certain
John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the asthma, and on the hooping cough.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 12
ESTC: T90130
John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Observations on the Asthma, and on the Hooping Cough
Borrowed: 1772/5/15 (Friday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: John Millar (Male, born 1733, died 1805), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 104312
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 254
Hales Staticks Vol. 1:st
Borrowed: 1772/6/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Stephen Hales (Male, born 1677, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Statical essays, containing vegetable staticks, or, An account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables [Hales].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Stephen Hales (Male, born 1677, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Statical essays: Containing vegetable staticks; or, An account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1738-1740. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T146738
Stephen Hales (Male, born 1677, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Statics; Or, An Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables
Borrowed: 1772/6/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: Stephen Hales (Male, born 1677, died 1761), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 104393
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 258
Lind on the Scurvy
Borrowed: 1772/6/11 (Thursday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise of the scurvy [Lind]
Confidence level: Very likely
James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
A treatise on the scurvy.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 118
ESTC: T45786
James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794)
Genre: Medicine
Treatise on the Scurvy
Borrowed: 1772/6/11 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: James Lind (Male, born 1716, died 1794), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 104486
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 262
Platneri Chirurgia
Borrowed: 1772/6/30 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/7/0.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Institutiones chirurgiae rationalis [Platner]
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Jo. Zachariae Platneri... Institutiones chirurgicae rationalis, tum medicae tum manualis in usus discentium.
Language: Latin . Published: Leipzig. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 25
Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Institutiones Chirurgicae Rationalis, tum Medicae tum Manualis in Usus Discentium
Borrowed: 1772/6/30 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: Johann Zacharias Platner (Male, born 1694, died 1747), Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Institutiones Chirurgicae Rationalis, tum Medicae tum Manualis in Usus Discentium
Record ID 125972
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.10 (1773-1775, Type: Student). Page: 12
Haller opuscula pathologica
Borrowed: 1773/1/23 (Saturday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Albrecht Haller ... opuscula pathologica ... quibus sectiones ... experamenta de respiration, etc.
Confidence level: Certain
Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Albrecht Haller ... opuscula pathologica ... quibus sectiones ... experamenta de respiration, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Lausanne. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8
Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine
Opuscula Pathologica [Albrecht Haller]
Borrowed: 1773/1/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 126446
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.10 (1773-1775, Type: Student). Page: 20
S:t Yves sur les yeux
Borrowed: 1773/2/2 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Charles de Saint-Yves (Male, born 1667, died 1733)
Genre: Medicine
Nouveau traité des maladies des yeux [Saint-Yves]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections H*..31.56.
Confidence level: Certain
Charles de Saint-Yves (Male, born 1667, died 1733)
Genre: Medicine
Nouveau traité des maladies des yeux avec de nouvelles découvertes sur la structure de l'oeil par de Saint-Yves.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 3
Charles de Saint-Yves (Male, born 1667, died 1733)
Genre: Medicine
Nouveau Traité des Maladies des Yeux
Borrowed: 1773/2/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: Charles de Saint-Yves (Male, born 1667, died 1733), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 127964
Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.10 (1773-1775, Type: Student). Page: 38
Boerhaave de Oculis
Borrowed: 1773/2/22 (Monday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.
William Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91973. Dissertation: De Ophthalmia. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1772; MD (Edin), 1773. Origin: British.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Medicine
Hermanni Boerhaave phil. & med. d. ... praelectiones publicae de morbis oculorum.
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .6177 Boe..
Confidence level: Certain
Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Medicine
Hermanni Boerhaave ... Praelectiones publicae de morbis oculorum ex codice MS. editae.
Language: Latin . Published: Göttingen. Date of publication: 1746. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777
Number of borrowings: 2
Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738)
Genre: Medicine
Praelectiones Publicae de Morbis Oculorum
Borrowed: 1773/2/22 (Monday).
Borrower: William Wemyss
Author: Herman Boerhaave (Male, born 1668, died 1738), Genre: Medicine