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Record ID 217193
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 2
Adams on Globes
Alexander Adam
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Teacher.
Occupation (normalised): Education > Teacher.
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Adam on Globes
Confidence level: Certain
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise describing the construction, and Explaining the use, of New Celestial and Terrestrial globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical problems. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T53466
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Borrower: Alexander Adam
Author: George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Record ID 217472
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page:
Adams on Globes
Borrowed: 1778.
Alexander Adam
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Teacher.
Occupation (normalised): Education > Teacher.
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Adam on Globes
Confidence level: Certain
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise describing the construction, and Explaining the use, of New Celestial and Terrestrial globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical problems. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T53466
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Borrowed: 1778.
Borrower: Alexander Adam
Author: George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Record ID 218447
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 17
Adam on Globes
Borrowed: 1781.
Alexander Adam
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Teacher.
Occupation (normalised): Education > Teacher.
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Adam on Globes
Confidence level: Certain
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise describing the construction, and Explaining the use, of New Celestial and Terrestrial globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical problems. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T53466
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Borrowed: 1781.
Borrower: Alexander Adam
Author: George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Record ID 218858
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137141 (Type: Student). Page: 25
Adam on Globes
Borrowed: 1783.
Luke Fraser
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Teacher.
Occupation (normalised): Education > Teacher.
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Adam on Globes
Confidence level: Certain
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise describing the construction, and Explaining the use, of New Celestial and Terrestrial globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical problems. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T53466
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Borrowed: 1783.
Borrower: Luke Fraser
Author: George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Record ID 268400
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137146 (Type: Student). Page:
Adams on the Globe
Borrowed: 1823/11/20 (Thursday).
David Langland
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Adams on the Globe
Confidence level: Certain
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise describing the construction, and Explaining the use, of New Celestial and Terrestrial globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical problems. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5
ESTC: T53466
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Borrowed: 1823/11/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: David Langland
Author: George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Record ID 97301
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 70-71
Adam's on the Globes
Borrowed: 1773/5/1 (Saturday). Returned: 1773/5/10 (Monday). Classmark: P5 .10. Original Returned Text: Adams on the Globes.
David Hill
Gender: Male.
Life dates: b. c. 1755. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1386054468.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems occasionally interspersed. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Classmark: P.5.10, P.7.27.
Confidence level: Certain
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems occasionally interspersed. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T70774
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Borrowed: 1773/5/1 (Saturday). Returned: 1773/5/10 (Monday).
Borrower: David Hill
Author: George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Record ID 168321
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 87
Adam's on ye Globes
Borrowed: 1769/2/17 (Friday). Returned: 1769/2/20 (Monday). Classmark: P5 - 10. Original Returned Text: Adam's on the Globes.
David Wilkie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems occasionally interspersed. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Classmark: P.5.10, P.7.27.
Confidence level: Certain
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems occasionally interspersed. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T70774
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Borrowed: 1769/2/17 (Friday). Returned: 1769/2/20 (Monday).
Borrower: David Wilkie
Author: George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Record ID 172113
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 131
Adam's on the Globes
Borrowed: 1772/3/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/3/5 (Thursday). Classmark: P5 . 10. Original Returned Text: Adam's on the Globes.
John Webster
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1755-1807. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1417992508.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems occasionally interspersed. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Classmark: P.5.10, P.7.27.
Confidence level: Certain
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems occasionally interspersed. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T70774
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Borrowed: 1772/3/4 (Wednesday). Returned: 1772/3/5 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Webster
Author: George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Record ID 323785
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1788-1791. (UYLY207-9) (1788-1791, Type: Student). Page: 88
Adams on the Globes
Borrowed: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/7 (Friday). Classmark: P7.27. Original Returned Text: Adams on the Globes.
Charles Sievewright
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1410425764.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems occasionally interspersed. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Classmark: P.5.10, P.7.27.
Confidence level: Certain
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, The Phoenomena of the Earth and Heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems occasionally interspersed. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T70774
George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes
Borrowed: 1788/10/1 (Wednesday). Returned: 1788/11/7 (Friday).
Borrower: Charles Sievewright
Author: George Adams (Male, born 1709, died 1772), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes