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:
- 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)
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)
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).
1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1785-1793).
Dates:
1785-1793