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Record ID 397113

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/3 (1767-1770, Type: Other). Page: 266

Norden's Travels 2 vol. fol.

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/12/20 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pounds sterl..


Borrower

Mr George Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


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Frederik Ludvig Norden (Male, born 1708, died 1742)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Egypt and Nubia. By Frederick Lewis Norden, F.R.S.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ae.1.11-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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Frederik Ludvig Norden (Male, born 1708, died 1742)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Egypt and Nubia. By Frederick Lewis Norden, F.R.S. ... Translated from the original published by command of his Majesty the King of Denmark.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1757. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Editors: Templeman, Peter
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 6 borrowing records


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Frederik Ludvig Norden (Male, born 1708, died 1742)
Genre: Travel
Travels in Egypt and Nubia

Record ID 122711

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 117

Reid's Inquiry

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.


Borrower

Jo: Kelton?
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the human mind: on the principles of common sense [Reid]

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Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 178


Book Work

Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense

Record ID 122696

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 117

Nature Displayed Vol. 1:st

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/10/6.


Borrower

William Finlay
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature displayed. (original title)
Spectacle de la nature : or, Nature display'd. (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Record ID 122723

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 117

Ferguson's Lectures

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 1/0/0.


Borrower

James Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84615. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics [Ferguson]
Possible modern shelfmark: Special Collections E.B. .5304 Fer..

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James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, and optics.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 51


Book Work

James Ferguson (Male, born 1710, died 1776)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics

Record ID 122732

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 117

Winslow's Anatomy tome 1

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/12/0.


Borrower

George Boyd
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Exposition anatomique de la structure du corps humain [Winslow]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

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Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Exposition anatomique de la structure du corps humain.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 29 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

Jacques-Bénigne Winslow (Male, born 1669, died 1760)
Genre: Medicine
Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body

Record ID 122726

Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.8 (1769-1771, Type: Student). Page: 117

Baxter's Works Vol. 4:th

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: see entry above.


Borrower

James Anderson
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/84615. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1769-1774.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Richard Baxter (Male, born 1615, died 1691)
Genre: Theology
The practical works of the late reverend and pious Mr. Richard Baxter.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

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Richard Baxter (Male, born 1615, died 1691)
Genre: Theology
The practical works of the late reverend and pious Mr. Richard Baxter, in four volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1707. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

Richard Baxter (Male, born 1615, died 1691)
Genre: Theology
Practical Works of Richard Baxter

Record ID 8080

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 88v

Livius

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/6 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Nov 1770. Original Returned Date: 6 Jan 1771. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.


Borrower

John Wright
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Natural Philosophy, Theology, Divinity, Greek, Logic, Ethics. Original Full Name: John Wright. Academic dates: 1763; MA 1772.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
Historium libri qui extant. Interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Dujatius ... in usum ... Delphini. Accessere librorum omnium deperditorum supplementa, per Jo. Freinshemium
Press: AI. Shelf: 4. Number: 1st. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bn5-e.8-13. Original Author: Livy..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

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Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
T. Livii ... Historiarum libri qui extant. Interpretatione et notis illustravit J. Dujatius. Accessere librorum omnium deperditorum supplementa, per J. Freinshemium quæ magna ex parte nunc primum prodeunt in lucem.
Language: Latin . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1679-1682. Format: 4to.
Editors: Doujat, Jean; Freinsheim, Johann, 1608-1660. 
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 92 times in 59 borrowing records


Book Work

Livy (Male, born c.BCE64, died 12)
Genre: History
History of Rome [Livy]

Record ID 8085

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 88v

Whytts Works.

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/12/28 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Nov 1770. Original Returned Date: 28 Dec 1770. Professor 1: James Williamson.


Borrower

John Briscoe
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic, Physic, Ethics, Anatomy. Original Full Name: John Briscoe.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Robert Whytt, M. D.... published by his son
Press: AH. Shelf: 1. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm1-f.12  . Original Author: Whytt, Robert, 1714-1766..

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Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
The works of Robert Whytt, M.D. Late Physician to his Majesty; President of the Royal College of Physicians, Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 51


Book Work

Robert Whytt (Male, born 1714, died 1766)
Genre: Medicine
Works of Robert Whytt

Record ID 8082

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 88v

Heineccii Opera T. 4.5.

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/10 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Nov 1770. Original Returned Date: 10 Jan 1771. Professor 1: John Millar.


Borrower

Adair Craford
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Divinity. Original Full Name: Adair Craford.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Male, born 1681, died 1741)
Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Operum ad universam juris prudentiam, philosophiam et litteras humaniores pertinentium tom[i octo]
Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl9-f.1-17. Original Author: Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb, 1681-1741..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5

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Confidence level: Certain

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Male, born 1681, died 1741)
Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Operum ad Universam Juris prudentiam, philosophiam et litteras humaniores pertinentium tomus primus(-octavus. elementa Juris Civilis secundum ordinem Pandectarum, etc.
Language: Latin . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1744-1749. Format: 4to. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 66 times in 44 borrowing records


Book Work

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (Male, born 1681, died 1741)
Genre: Law, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Operum ad Universam Juris Prudentiam

Record ID 8083

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 88v

Tillotson's works

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/11/28 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Nov 1770. Original Returned Date: 28 Nov 1770. Professor 1: James Clow. Professor 2: John Anderson.


Borrower

James Stewart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Theology, Ethics, Divinity, Physic, Natural Philosophy, Medicine. Original Full Name: James Stewart.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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John Tillotson (Male, born 1630, died 1694)
Genre: Sermons, Genre: Theology
Works of John Tillotson, D.D., containing all the sermons and treatises that were published by himself.
Press: CC. Shelf: 2. Number: 10. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bm10-c.9  . Original Author: Tillotson, John, 1630-1694..

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John Tillotson (Male, born 1630, died 1694)
Genre: Sermons, Genre: Theology
The works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, ... containing fifty four sermons and discourses, on several occasions. Together with The rule of faith. Being all that were published by His Grace himself.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1707. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 16 borrowing records


Book Work

John Tillotson (Male, born 1630, died 1694)
Genre: Sermons, Genre: Theology
Works of John Tillotson

Record ID 8084

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 88v

Hallers physiologiæ Vol. 1.st

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/12/17 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Nov 1770. Original Returned Date: 17 Dec 1770. Professor 1: Thomas Reid. Professor 2: George Muirhead.


Borrower

Robert Miller
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Latin, Logic, Greek, Ethics, Physic, Natural Philosophy, Divinity, Medicine. Original Full Name: Robert Miller.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Primae lineae physiologiae in usum praelectionum academicarum auctae et emendatae
Press: G. Shelf: 5. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll NF.9.9  . Original Author: Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777..

Record ID 8086

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 88v

Halleri Primæ Lineæ

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/12/5 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Nov 1770. Original Returned Date: 5 Dec 1770. Professor 1: Alexander Stevenson.


Borrower

Wade Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, Divinity. Original Full Name: Wade Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Baron Albrecht von Haller (Male, born 1708, died 1777)
Genre: Education, Genre: Medicine
Primae lineae physiologiae, in usum praelectionum academicarum, ad editionem tertio auctam et emendatum expressae. Accedit rerum index.
Press: AT. Shelf: 4. Number: 1. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bl8-g.17  . Original Author: Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777..

Record ID 8081

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 6: Students Receipt Book (1765-1771, Type: Student). Page: 88v

Hebrew Grammar

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/12/5 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 20 Nov 1770. Original Returned Date: 5 Dec 1770. Professor 1: Thomas Reid.


Borrower

James Robertson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Student.
Class: Greek, Logic, Ethics. Original Full Name: James Robertson.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1)
Genre: History
Histoire de Japon ... Nouvelle édition. Enrichie de figures en taille-douce. Revue, corrigée, augmentée, et mise dans un nouvel ordre par l'auteur.
Press: AS. Shelf: 11. Number: 5. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bh1-i.17-22. Original Author: Charlevoix, Pierre-François Xavier de..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1)
Genre: History
Histoire du Japon: ou l'on trouvera tout ce qu'on a pu apprendre de la nature & des productions du pays, du caractere & des coûtumes des habitants, du gouvernement & du commerce, des révolutions arrivées dans l'empire & dans la religion.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1754. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 12 borrowing records


Book Work

Pierre-François Xavier de Charlevoix (Male, born 1682-10-24, died 1761-2-1)
Genre: History
Histoire du Japon

Record ID 38919

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 87v

Scapulæ Lexicon

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: Nov.r 20.th 1770. Original Borrower: Peter Barclay.


Borrower

Peter Barclay
Gender: Male.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Johann Scapula (Male, born c.1540, died 1600)
Genre: Reference Works
Graeco-Latinum novum : in quo ex primitivorum & simplicium fontibus derivata atque composita, ordinenon minus naturali, quàm alphabetico ...
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.693.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Johann Scapula (Male, born c.1540, died 1600)
Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon graecolatinum novum: in quo ex primitivorum & simplicium fontibus derivata atque composita, ordine non minus naturali, ... Joannis Scapulae opera & studio.
Language: Latin . Published: Basel. Date of publication: 1628. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

Johann Scapula (Male, born c.1540, died 1600)
Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon Graecolatinum

Record ID 160269

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 15

Holloway   originals 1 & 2 Vol

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/1/3 (Thursday). Classmark: Q4- 11. Original Returned Text: Holloway originals1&2V..


Borrower

William Milligan
Gender: Male.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Benjamin Holloway (Male, born c.1691, died 1759)
Genre: Theology
Originals physical and theological sacred and profane. Or an essay towards a discovery of the first descriptive ideas in things, by discovery of the simple or primary roots in words; as the same were, from the beginning, rightly applied by believers; and afterwards, perverted by infidels. In which some hundreds of Hebrew words are traced to their first themata; and their original, as well as derived or deflected reasons and meanings, shewn; according to the order in which they do occur, in Leusden's---Compendium Biblicum, as far as to the 12th Chapter of Exodus. By Benjamin Holloway, LL.B. Rector of Middleton-Stony, Oxfordshire.
Classmark: Q.4.11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 167115

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 71

Xenophon's Expedition

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Classmark: Q3 . 2. Original Returned Text: Xenophon's Expedition.


Borrower

Archibald Singers
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book Holding

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History
Ξενοϕωντος κυρου Αναβασεω Βιβλια Επτα. Xenophontis de Cyri Expeditione Libri Septem. Graeca recognovit, cum Codicibus MStis & omnibus ferè libris editis contulit, plurimis in locis emendavit, Versionem Latinam reformavit, Observationibus suis, Tabula Geographica & Dissertatione auxit & illustravit; Notas H. Stephani, Leunclavii, AE. Porti & Mureti recensitas & castigatas, Variantium Lectionum delectum, Indicesque necessarios adjunxit Thomas Hutchinson.
Classmark: J.3.18, J.6.18, Q.3.2, Q.3.23.

Record ID 171990

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 130

Gibson's  Surveing

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Classmark: P5 - 13. Original Returned Text: Gibson's Surveing.


Borrower

Robert Gun
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Gibson (Male, died c.1761)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise of practical surveying; which is demonstrated from its first principles. Wherein every thing that is useful and curious in that art is fully considered and explained. Particularly four new and very concise methods to determine the areas of right-lined figures arithmetically, or by calculation, as well as the geometrical ones heretofore treated of; with two other new geometrical methods much more accurate and ready than any of the former, never before made public. Also the method of tracing defaced mearings from the down (or any other) survey. Very useful to persons who have any property in land, to lawyers in controverted surveys, and to practical surveyors. The whole illustrated with copper-plates. By Robert Gibson, teacher of the mathematics.
Classmark: P.5.13.

Record ID 173736

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1768-1772. (UYLY207-1) (1768-1772, Type: Student). Page: 154

Cocking's  Airthmetic

Borrowed: 1770/11/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1771/3/5 (Tuesday). Classmark: P5- 5. Original Returned Text: Cocking's Airthmetic.


Borrower

David Sim
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1754-1823. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1410005572.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


Book HoldingLibrary record

William Cockin (Male, born 1736, died 1801)
Genre: Mathematics
A rational and practical treatise of arithmetic (in two parts.) Containing All that is necessary to be known in this art, in order to qualify a young person for trade, or an intended course of the mathematics. The whole Attempted in an easy, methodical, and consistent manner, and equally adapted to assist persons engaged in teaching, and the instruction of those, who have not the advantage of a master. To which is added, in the manner of Notes, The reason and demonstration of every rule and operation, as they occur, on principles either purely arithmetical, or such as will easily be comprehended by a beginner. By W. Cockin, Writing-Master and Accomptant, at the Free-School in Lancaster.
Classmark: P.5.5.