An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1787/4/24
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Record ID 50636
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 6r
Lewis' Commercium philosophicum
Borrowed: 1787/4/24 (Tuesday). Returned: 1787/5/19 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 24 Apr 1787. Original Returned Date: 19 May.
John Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Class: Theology. Original Full Name: Mr Anderson. Life dates: 1726-1796. Academic dates: MA 1745.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum : or, the philosophical commerce of arts : designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures.
Press: D. Shelf: 7. Number: 13. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-e.15 . Original Author: Lewis, William, 1708-1781..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium philosophico-technicum; or, The philosophical commerce of arts: Designed as an attempt to improve arts, trades, and manufactures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763-1765. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 36 borrowing records
ESTC: T146870
William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts
Borrowed: 1787/4/24 (Tuesday). Returned: 1787/5/19 (Saturday).
Borrower: John Anderson
Author: William Lewis (Male, born 1708, died 1781), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Commercium Philosophico-Technicum; or, The Philosophical Commerce of Arts
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 50635
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 6r
Histoire de l'Academie des Sciences, an. 1741
Borrowed: 1787/4/24 (Tuesday). Returned: 1787/4/9 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 24 Apr 1787. Original Returned Date: 9 Apr.
John Anderson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Class: Theology. Original Full Name: Mr Anderson. Life dates: 1726-1796. Academic dates: MA 1745.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor.
Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des sciences avec les mémoires de mathématique et physique.
Press: BB. Shelf: 3. Number: 15. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll HS 288-394. Original Author: Académie royale des sciences (France).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1741
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences, avec les mémoires de mathématique et de physique.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1666-1789. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 180 times in 110 borrowing records
Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences
Borrowed: 1787/4/24 (Tuesday). Returned: 1787/4/9 (Monday).
Borrower: John Anderson
Genre: Periodicals
Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1741
Record ID 51467
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 27r
Henry's History. V. 1. M.r Lapslie
Borrowed: 1787/4/24 (Tuesday). Returned: 1787/5/4 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 24 Apr 1787. Original Returned Date: 4 May 1787.
John Millar
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Class: Logic. Original Full Name: Mr Millar. Life dates: 1735-1801.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate.
James Lapslie
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Logic, Ethics, Physic, Divinity. Original Full Name: James Lapslie.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar.
Press: T. Shelf: 1. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bi8-e.10-15. Original Author: Henry, Robert, 1718-1790..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 301 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: T93697
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1787/4/24 (Tuesday). Returned: 1787/5/4 (Friday).
Borrowers: John Millar , James Lapslie
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 221357
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137143 (Type: Student). Page:
World Displayed v. 2
Borrowed: 1787/4/24 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.
James Cockburn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations