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(262) Page 249 - Playfair, John
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Subject / content:	Armies Geologists Mathematicians Officers (military officers) Philosophers
Person / organisation:	Forbes of Pitsligo, Alexander Forbes, Lord, 1678-1762 [Subject of text] Jacobites [Subject of text] Playfair, John, 1748-1819 [Subject of text]
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Half-Volume 5
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Description	Spine title: Half-Vol. V. Macadam to Smith.

Subject / content:	Volumes (documents by form)
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Volume 3
Description	Volume III. Contains names alphabetically from Macadam to Young.

Biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen
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Description	Three volumes containing biographies and some engraved portraits of Scotsmen and some women, mostly of the 16th to the 19th centuries. Published in 1875, it includes famous people from different fields, such as literature, politics, philosophy, natural sciences, medicine, religion and fine art. Originally compiled by Robert Chambers (1802-1871).
Shelfmark	NC.274.e.18
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1874-1875 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Glasgow > Glasgow (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Biographical dictionaries Biographies Scottish
Person / organisation:	Blackie & Son [Publisher] Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 [Compiler] Thomson, Thomas, 1798-1869 [Editor] W.G. Blackie and Co. [Printer]
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