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Date of borrowing: 1778/6/30
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Record ID 54878
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 109v
S.r I. Moore's System of Mathematics 2 Vols.
Borrowed: 1778/6/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/8/18 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 Jun 1778. Original Returned Date: 18 Aug 1778.
Alexander Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Regius Professor of Astronomy 1760-1786; Clerk of Senate 1771.
Original Full Name: Mr Wilson. Life dates: 1714-1786. Academic dates: MA (St Andrews) 1733.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Print and Book Trade > Printers.
Sir Jonas Moore (Male, born 1617, died 1679)
Genre: Mathematics
New systeme of the mathematicks.
Press: BY. Shelf: 4. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn5-h.7-8. Original Author: Moore, Jonas, Sir, 1617-1679..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Jonas Moore (Male, born 1617, died 1679)
Genre: Mathematics
A new systeme of the mathematicks: containing I. Arithmetick, as well natural and decimal, as in species, or the principles of Algebra. II. Practical geometry, together with the first six books of Euclid’s Elements, as also the eleventh and twelfth, symbolically demonstrated. III. Trigonometry plain and spherical. IV. Cosmography, or a description of the heavens. V. Navigation, or sailing by a plain or Mercator’s chart; as also by the arch of a great circle, &c. VI. The doctrine of the sphere, grounded on the motion of the earth, according to the old Pythagorean and Copernican systeme. VII. Astronomical tables, with tables of logarithms, natural and artificial sines and tangents, and versed sines. VIII. A new geography, or a description of the most eminent countries and coasts of the world, with maps of them, and tables of their latitude and longitude.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1681. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: R30526
Sir Jonas Moore (Male, born 1617, died 1679)
Genre: Mathematics
New Systeme of the Mathematicks [Jonas Moore]
Borrowed: 1778/6/30 (Tuesday). Returned: 1778/8/18 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Alexander Wilson
Author: Sir Jonas Moore (Male, born 1617, died 1679), Genre: Mathematics
New Systeme of the Mathematicks [Jonas Moore]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2