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Record ID 89357
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 2-3
Burn's Surveying
Borrowed: 1773/4/23 (Friday). Returned: 1773/4/28 (Wednesday). Classmark: G3. 6. Original Returned Text: Burns' Surveying.
Francis Grant
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1769-1805. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1383202868.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Classmark: G.3.6.
Confidence level: Certain
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Language: English . Published: Chester. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T146463
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodaesia Improved
Borrowed: 1773/4/23 (Friday). Returned: 1773/4/28 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Francis Grant
Author: Arthur Burns (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 107615
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 104-105
Burns's Surveying
Borrowed: 1774/4/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/4/27 (Wednesday). Classmark: G3. 6. Original Returned Text: Burn's Surveying.
Alexander McAulay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Classmark: G.3.6.
Confidence level: Certain
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Language: English . Published: Chester. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T146463
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodaesia Improved
Borrowed: 1774/4/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/4/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander McAulay
Author: Arthur Burns (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 120812
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 192-193
Burn's Surveying
Borrowed: 1774/7/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/7/27 (Wednesday). Classmark: -- -. Original Returned Text: Burn's Surveing.
Patrick Bower
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1754-c. 1790. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1368138916.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Classmark: G.3.6.
Confidence level: Certain
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Language: English . Published: Chester. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T146463
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodaesia Improved
Borrowed: 1774/7/27 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/7/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Patrick Bower
Author: Arthur Burns (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 123713
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 226-227
Burn's Surveying
Borrowed: 1774/12/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/1/6 (Friday). Classmark: E ... Original Returned Text: Burn's Surveying.
John Carstairs
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1780-1837. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1371971076.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Andrew [Thrift] Meldrum
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Classmark: G.3.6.
Confidence level: Certain
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Language: English . Published: Chester. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T146463
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodaesia Improved
Borrowed: 1774/12/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/1/6 (Friday).
Borrowers: John Carstairs , Andrew [Thrift] Meldrum
Author: Arthur Burns (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 130085
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 274-275
Burn's Surveying
Borrowed: 1775/5/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/6/14 (Wednesday). Classmark: G3. 7. Original Returned Text: Burns Surveying.
Thomas Dalyell
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1760-1783. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1375552580.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Classmark: G.3.6.
Confidence level: Certain
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Language: English . Published: Chester. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T146463
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodaesia Improved
Borrowed: 1775/5/24 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/6/14 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Thomas Dalyell
Author: Arthur Burns (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 142983
Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1776-1779. (UYLY207-3) (1776-1779, Type: Student). Page: 81
Burn's Surveying
Borrowed: 1777/9/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1777/9/10 (Wednesday). Classmark: G3 .6. Original Returned Text: Burn's Surveying.
John Mitchell
Gender: Male.
St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1399651532.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Classmark: G.3.6.
Confidence level: Certain
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodæsia improved; or, a new and correct method of surveying made exceeding easy. In two parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the chain only, whose Dimensions are cast up by the pen, and consequently freed from the errors of estimation that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to map elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth’s Superficies; and teacheth the invaluable Method of casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the pen several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. With a most useful appendix Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy. By A. Burns, Teacher of the Mathematics in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Language: English . Published: Chester. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T146463
Arthur Burns (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Geodaesia Improved
Borrowed: 1777/9/3 (Wednesday). Returned: 1777/9/10 (Wednesday).
Borrower: John Mitchell
Author: Arthur Burns (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge