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Record ID 157938

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 247

Polymetis abridged 8vo

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6. Funds deposited: half Guinea Geo: 3d 1763.


Borrower

Angus McDiarmid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.

Record ID 157944

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 247

& Priestley on Electricity 4to

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

George Home
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77735. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and present state of electricity, with original experiments [Priestley]

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Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 55


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Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments

Record ID 157935

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 247

2 Vols of the fool of quality 1st & 2d

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

John Carstairs
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/79124. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of quality, or, The history of Henry, Earl of Moreland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality, or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767-1770. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 80 times in 29 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Carstairs

Author: Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783), Genre: Fiction

Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 157932

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 247

Bowd Simpson's fluxions 2 Vols 8vo

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: Guinea.


Borrower

John Carstairs
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/79124. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775. Other: Royal Army Medical Corps, 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761)
Genre: Mathematics
The doctrine and application of fluxions [Simpson]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761)
Genre: Mathematics
The doctrine and application of fluxions. Containing (besides what is common on the subject) a number of new improvements in the theory. And the solution of a variety of new, and very interesting, problems in different branches of the mathematicks.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 11 borrowing records


Book Work

Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761)
Genre: Mathematics
Doctrine and Application of Fluxions

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday).

Borrower: John Carstairs

Author: Thomas Simpson (Male, born 1710, died 1761), Genre: Mathematics

Doctrine and Application of Fluxions

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 157941

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.11 (1775-1777, Type: Student). Page: 247

Dryden's Virgil Vols 2d & 3d

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 2 Guineas.


Borrower

George Home
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/77735. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1775-1777.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil translated by John Dryden, Esq.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq. In three volumes.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 68 times in 36 borrowing records


Book Work

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday).

Borrower: George Home

Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry

Works of Virgil

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 39190

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 102v

Boswells History of Corsica

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: Octr. 8.th. Original Borrower: Wm Cunninghame.


Borrower

William Cunningham
Gender: Male.


Book HoldingLibrary record

James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island; and memoirs of Pascal Paoli. By James Boswell, Esq; Illustrated with a new and accurate map of Corsica.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1345.

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Confidence level: Certain

James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
An account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island; and memoirs of Pascal Paoli.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 85 times in 83 borrowing records


Book Work

James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli

Record ID 182664

Library: Innerpeffray Library. Register: Volume 1 (1747-1833, Type: Town). Page: 22v

Locks works Volume 2

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday). Conditions: 6 weeks.


Borrower

James Mitchell
Gender: Male. Address: Strageath.
Occupation (original): Student.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of John Locke, Esq; in three volumes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of John Locke, Esq; In Three Volumes. The contents of which follow in the next Leaf. With Alphabetical Tables.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 108 times in 104 borrowing records


Book Work

John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of John Locke

Borrowed: 1776/10/8 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Mitchell

Author: John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of John Locke

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2