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Record ID 39611

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 127v

Fergusons Ladies Astronomy

Borrowed: 1785/11/5 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: Novr. 5. Original Borrower: R. Somerville.


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Robert Somerville
Gender: Male. Address: Haddington.
Occupation (normalised): Medicine and Health > Surgeon.


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James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Introduction to Astronomy [Ferguson]
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1350.

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James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 58


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James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles

Record ID 39612

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 127v

Calenders Collection of Voyages vol 2d

Borrowed: 1785/11/5 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: Novr. 5. Original Borrower: Jo: Douglass.


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John Douglass
Gender: Male.


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Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Terra Australis Cognita: or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing An Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further Discoveries on this great Continent, and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1349 (vol. 1 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1785/11/5 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Douglass

Author: Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777), Genre: Travel

Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 39613

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 127v

Ansons Voyages

Borrowed: 1785/11/5 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: Novr. 5. Original Borrower: William Maltman.


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William Maltman
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Crafts, Artisans, and Manufacturing > Cooper.


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George Anson Baron Anson (Male, born 1697, died 1762)
Genre: Travel
Voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty’s Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from his papers and materials, by Richard Walter, M. A. Chaplain of His Majesty’s Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition. With charts of the Southern Part of South America, of Part of the Pacific Ocean, and of the Track of the Centurion round the World.