| Description | Library lending book, volume 2. The manuscript records the following information in columns: 'when delivered' (i.e. date borrowed), 'title of book'', 'to whom delivered' (i.e. name of borrower, often as a signature written in the borrrower's hand), and 'when returned'. The latter may be a date of return, or a simple notation of 'Ret'd', occasionally with initials of the Librarian or other members of staff.
The borrowers of the books are chiefly Fellows of the Royal Society, the general public did not have access to the library during this period unless given special permission. Borrowers listed include: Michael Faraday, Peter Mark Roget, Charles Lyell, William Somerville, Richard Owen, James Clark Ross. |