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

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/64-69

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Letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black regarding medical matters, lime from coral, chemical experiments etc.

Dates: 26 July 1773

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

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/70-75

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Letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black thanking Black for sending books and regarding chemical experiments etc.

Dates: c1773

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

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/79-80

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Letter from Lord Kames to Joseph Black about chemistry and agriculture (with some notes by Black).

Dates: 17 April 1775

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

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/87-88

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Letter from Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell, a former student of Joseph Black, sending information about his work in chemistry.

Dates: 22 January 1779

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

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/103-104

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Letter from Martin Wall to Joseph Black about a chemistry course at the University of Oxford and Black's chemical furnace.

Dates: 15 November 1780

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

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