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

Item

Identifier: Coll-16/I/45-46

Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to 3rd Earl of Hopetoun about the assaying of sand from Leadhills.

Dates: 14 March 1772

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Item

Identifier: Coll-16/I/28

Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black, most likely to the Earl of Hopetoun, regarding the assaying of ores.

Dates: c1770

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Item

Identifier: Coll-16/I/40

Scope and Contents

Letter from 3rd Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black sending sand for assaying.

Dates: 29 January 1772

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Item

Identifier: Coll-16/I/29v-32

Scope and Contents

Letter from the Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black regarding assaying ores, with draft replies by Black.

Dates: 09 June 1770

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Item

Identifier: Coll-16/I/29-30

Scope and Contents

Letter from the Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black thanking him for assaying ores.

Dates: 19 May 1770

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

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