Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1728-1799
Found in 441 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black, 21 April 1773
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Identifier: Coll-16/I/58-63
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Letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black regarding mineralogical experiments, yaws and including a journal of local rainfall.
Dates:
21 April 1773
Letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black, 26 July 1773
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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
Letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black, c1773
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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
Letter from Alexander Wilson to Joseph Black, 21 January 1768
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Identifier: Coll-16/I/26-27
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Letter from Alexander Wilson, and his son, to Joseph Black regarding thermometers, clouds, air pressure and the evaporation of ice.
Dates:
21 January 1768
Letter from Alexander Wilson to Joseph Black, 13 January 1783
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Identifier: Coll-16/I/128-129
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Letter from Alexander Wilson to Joseph Black about the chemical compound colcothar and the grinding of a speculum.
Dates:
13 January 1783
Letter from Andrew Stuart to Joseph Black, 7 March 1783
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Identifier: Coll-16/II/108-111
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Letter from Andrew Stuart, London to Joseph Black, dated 7 March 1783. The letter is about Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald's affairs.
Dates:
7 March 1783
Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier to Joseph Black, 19 September 1789
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Identifier: Coll-16/IV/41-42
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Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Paris to Joseph Black, dated 19 September 1789. The letter is about Lavoisier recommending Monsieur de Boullogne, a prospective student and also about his Traite elementaire de chimie (Elementary Treatise on Chemistry). The Lavoisier letters are printed in Report to the British Association, 1872 pp. 189-92.
Dates:
19 September 1789
Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier to Joseph Black, 24 July 1790
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Identifier: Coll-16/IV/43-44
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Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Paris to Joseph Black, dated 24 July 1790. The letter is about phlogiston, Lavoisier introducing Monsieur Terray "intendant de Lyon", bearer of the letter, who has come to Edinburgh with a French student. Lavoisier states that he hopes to visit Edinburgh himself, sometime. The Lavoisier letters are printed in Report to the British Association, 1872 pp. 189-92.
Dates:
24 July 1790
Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier to Joseph Black , 19 November 1790
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Identifier: Coll-16/IV/45-46
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Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Paris to Joseph Black, dated 19 November 1790. The letter is about Lavoisier wanting to publish Black's reply in Annales de Chimie. He also mentions Hugo Gillan (M. D. Edin., 1786) and his own experiments on respiration. The Lavoisier letters are printed in Report to the British Association, 1872 pp. 189-92.
Dates:
19 November 1790
Letter from Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald to Joseph Black, 20 January 1783
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Identifier: Coll-16/II/79-80
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Letter from Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald, Culross to Joseph Black, dated 20 January 1783. The letter is about Cochrane's tar works.
Dates:
20 January 1783