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Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1728-1799

Found in 441 Collections and/or Records:

A Law: notes from lectures on Chemistry by Joseph Black

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1374
Scope and Contents The lectures on chemistry by Joseph Black consist of:
  1. 3 volumes of lecture notes (1775)
Dates: 1775

"Abstract of the premium granted by the Linen Board of Ireland for producing alkaline or bleaching salts from materials of Irish growth", 4 June 1782

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/24F
Scope and Contents Text entitled, 'Abstract of the premium granted by the Linen Board of Ireland for producing alkaline or bleaching salts from materials of Irish growth', dated 4 June 1782. The report contains notes on verso by Joseph Black regarding the use of ferns for ashes.
Dates: 4 June 1782

Accounts, 1792-1797

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/IX
Scope and Contents 1 volume of accounts, largely relating to domestic purchases, with enclosures (1792-1797)
Dates: 1792-1797

Accounts, 1793-1799

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/X
Scope and Contents 1 volume of accounts, largely relating to income, with enclosures (1793-1799)
Dates: 1793-1799

Autobiographical notes by Professor Joseph Black, c 1793-1799

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/V/125-129
Scope and Contents Autobiographical notes by Professor Joseph Black. Written after 1793 and before his death on 6 December 1799.
Dates: c 1793-1799

Copy of letter from Captain F to his brother , 1 March 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/106-107F
Scope and Contents Copy of letter from Captain F to his brother in Edinburgh, dated 1 March 1783. The letter is about rusting of iron bolts in copper bottomed ships, e.g. the Victory. The item contains Joseph Black's draft reply.
Dates: 1 March 1783

Copy of specification of James Black's invention for refining sugar, 19 February 1785

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/254-261F
Scope and Contents Copy of specification of James Black's invention for refining sugar, dated 19 February 1785.
Dates: 19 February 1785

Correspondence of Joseph Black I, 1754-1783

 Series
Identifier: Coll-16/I
Scope and Contents Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with James Watt (1736-1819), Lord Kames (1696-1782), James Hope Johnstone (1741-1816) and Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell (1744-1816).

1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1754-1783)
Dates: 1754-1783

Correspondence of Joseph Black II, 1770-1786

 Series
Identifier: Coll-16/II
Scope and Contents Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with George Macintosh (fl1782-1783), Princess Dashkova (1743-1810) and Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell (1744-1816).
1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1770-1786)
Dates: 1770-1786

Correspondence of Joseph Black III, 1785-1793

 Series
Identifier: Coll-16/III
Scope and Contents Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with Adam Smith (1723-1790), George Dempster of Dunnichen (1732-1818) and Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808).
1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1785-1793).
Dates: 1785-1793