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Record ID 50959

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 14r

Dalrymple's Collections

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: /6/1. Original Borrowed Date: 21 Sep 1774. Original Returned Date: 1 Jun.


Borrower

Robert Trail
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Trail. Life dates: 1720-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.


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Sir James Dalrymple Baronet (Male, born 1650, died 1719)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Collections concerning the Scottish history, preceeding the death of King David the first, in the year 1153 ... 
Press: AR. Shelf: 5. Number: 12. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll 1377  . Original Author: Dalrymple, James, Sir, active 1714..

Record ID 50960

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 14r

Johannis de Fordun Scotochronicon Vol. 1&2

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: /6/1. Original Borrowed Date: 21 Sep 1774. Original Returned Date: 1 Jun.


Borrower

Robert Trail
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Trail. Life dates: 1720-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.


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John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon.
Press: E. Shelf: 5. Number: 2,3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RF 831-832. Original Author: Fordun, John, -1384?.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Joannis de Fordun Scotichronicon, cum supplementis et continuatione Walteri Boweri, Insulae Sancti Columbae Abbatis: E Codicibus Mss, editum, cum notis et variantibus lectionibus. Præfixa est ad historiam Scotorum introductio brevis, curâ Walteri Goodall.
Language: Latin . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1759. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

John Fordun (Male, died 1384)
Genre: History
Scotichronicon [John Fordun]

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: /6/1.

Borrower: Robert Trail

Author: John Fordun (Male, died 1384), Genre: History

Scotichronicon [John Fordun]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 50963

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 14v

Gendook's Acts of Parliament

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/6/1 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Sep 1774. Original Returned Date: 1 Jun.


Borrower

Robert Trail
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Trail. Life dates: 1720-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Law
Laws and acts of Parliament made by King James the First [and his successors] ... Kings and Queen of Scotland.
Press: V. Shelf: 2. Number: 8. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl10-a.7  . Original Author: Murray, Thomas, Lord Glendoick, 1630?-1684..

Record ID 50962

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 14v

Spotswood's History

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/6/1 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Sep 1774. Original Returned Date: 1 Jun.


Borrower

Robert Trail
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Trail. Life dates: 1720-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Spottiswood (Male, born 1565, died 1639)
Genre: History
History of the church and state of Scotland, : beginning the year of our Lord 203, and continued to the end of the reign of King James the VI. of ever blessed memory. In seven books.
Press: BO. Shelf: 3. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi10-d.2. Original Author: Spottiswood, John, 1565-1639..

Record ID 50961

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 14v

Sibbald's Collection

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/6/1 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 21 Sep 1774. Original Returned Date: 1 Jun.


Borrower

Robert Trail
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Trail. Life dates: 1720-1775.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Professor.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir Robert Sibbald (Male, born 1641, died 1722)
Genre: History
Collection of several treatises in folio, concerning Scotland, as it was of old, and also in later times.
Press: L. Shelf: 6. Number: 9. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll RQ 1057. Original Author: Sibbald, Robert, Sir, 1641-1722..

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/6/1 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Trail

Author: Sir Robert Sibbald (Male, born 1641, died 1722), Genre: History

Collection of Several Treatises in Folio, concerning Scotland, as it was of Old

Record ID 98765

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 78-79

Works of the learned 4 Vol.

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/10/5 (Wednesday). Classmark: Q5 . 28. Original Returned Text: Works of the learned 4 Vol.


Borrower

Andrew Duncan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1755-1827. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377770044.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Reference Works
The history of the works of the learned. Giving a general view of the state of learning throughout Europe, and containing an impartial account and accurate abstracts of the most valuable books publish'd in Great Britain and foreign parts. Interspers'd with dissertations on several curious and entertaining subjects, critical reflections, and memoirs of the most eminent writers in all branches of polite literature.
Classmark: J.7.1, Q.5.28.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1737 1, Volume 1737 2, Volume 1738 1, Volume 1738 2

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/10/5 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Andrew Duncan

Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Reference Works

History of the Works of the Learned

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1737 1, Volume 1737 2, Volume 1738 1, Volume 1738 2

Record ID 98768

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 78-79

Fennings Mensuration

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/10/12 (Wednesday). Classmark: G3 . 37. Original Returned Text: Fenning's Mensuration.


Borrower

Andrew Duncan
Gender: Male.
Life dates: c. 1755-1827. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377770044.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland. Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The young measurer’s complete guide; or a new and universal treatise of mensuration, both with regard to theory and practice. Containing: I. A plain and easy Introduction to Decimal and Duodecimal Arithmetic, and the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. II. A select Number of Geometrical Problems useful in Mensuration. III. The Method of measuring all kinds of Superficies. IV. The whole Art of surveying or measuring Land, explained in the most easy and familiar Manner. V. The Method of measuring the Works of Bricklayers, Joyners, Carpenters, Glaziers, Painters, Plasterers, and Plumbers. VI. The Art of measuring Solids, both regular and irregular. Vii. The Art of Guaging all kinds of Vessels. Viii. The practical and true Methods of Measuring Timber, Stone, &c. IX. The Manner of calculating Tables for measuring Timber, &c. X. The best Methods of taking the Dimensions of Timber, so as to avoid the gross Errors attending the common Practice. XI. The Art of measuring standing Timber. XII. The Manner of finding the Tonnage of Ships very accurately. XIII. The Method of measuring Sawyers Work. XIV. Of measuring Cases, &c. sent by Sea, and which pay Freight by the solid Foot. XV. The Method of measuring Cord-Wood, Marle-Pits, Hayricks, Statues, and other irregular Bodies. XVI. The Construction of the Plain Scale, and its various Uses in the Practical Branches of the Mathematics. The Whole laid down in so easy and familiar a Manner, as to render it not only useful for Youths at School, but also necessary for Artificers of every Kind, and for such Gentlemen as are desirous of Surveying their Lands, Measuring their Buildings, Timber, &c. By D. Fenning. Author of the British Youth’s Instructor, or a New and Easy Guide to Practical Arithmetic, and the Royal English Dictionary, &c.
Classmark: G.3.37.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The young measurer’s complete guide; or a new and universal treatise of mensuration, both with regard to theory and practice. Containing: I. A plain and easy Introduction to Decimal and Duodecimal Arithmetic, and the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. II. A select Number of Geometrical Problems useful in Mensuration. III. The Method of measuring all kinds of Superficies. IV. The whole Art of surveying or measuring Land, explained in the most easy and familiar Manner. V. The Method of measuring the Works of Bricklayers, Joyners, Carpenters, Glaziers, Painters, Plasterers, and Plumbers. VI. The Art of measuring Solids, both regular and irregular. Vii. The Art of Guaging all kinds of Vessels. Viii. The practical and true Methods of Measuring Timber, Stone, &c. IX. The Manner of calculating Tables for measuring Timber, &c. X. The best Methods of taking the Dimensions of Timber, so as to avoid the gross Errors attending the common Practice. XI. The Art of measuring standing Timber. XII. The Manner of finding the Tonnage of Ships very accurately. XIII. The Method of measuring Sawyers Work. XIV. Of measuring Cases, &c. sent by Sea, and which pay Freight by the solid Foot. XV. The Method of measuring Cord-Wood, Marle-Pits, Hayricks, Statues, and other irregular Bodies. XVI. The Construction of the Plain Scale, and its various Uses in the Practical Branches of the Mathematics. The Whole laid down in so easy and familiar a Manner, as to render it not only useful for Youths at School, but also necessary for Artificers of every Kind, and for such Gentlemen as are desirous of Surveying their Lands, Measuring their Buildings, Timber, &c. By D. Fenning. Author of the British Youth’s Instructor, or a New and Easy Guide to Practical Arithmetic, and the Royal English Dictionary, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 15


Book Work

Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Young Measurer’s Complete Guide

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/10/12 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Andrew Duncan

Author: Daniel Fenning (Male), Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge

Young Measurer’s Complete Guide

Record ID 121610

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 200-201

Dou's hist. Indostan 3 Vol

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/10/5 (Wednesday). Classmark: E. .. Original Returned Text: Dou's hist. Indostan 1 .2d .3 V..


Borrower

James Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779), Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The History of Hindostan, from the death of Akbar, to the complete settlement of the empire under Aurungzebe. To which are prefixed, I. A Dissertation on the Origin and Nature of Despotism in Hindostan. II. An Enquiry into the State of Bengal; With a Plan for restoring that Kingdom to its former Prosperity and Splendor. By Alexander Dow, Esq; Lieutenant-Colonel in the Company's Service.
Classmark: E.5.6 & G.2.8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Borrowed: 1774/9/21 (Wednesday). Returned: 1774/10/5 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Anderson

Author: Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779), Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

History of Hindostan, History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3