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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:

Letter from Doctor E Spry to Joseph Black , July 1789

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/143-144
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doctor E Spry, Plymouth to Joseph Black, dated July 1789.

Dates: July 1789

Letter from Doctor F X Swediaur [Schwediauer] to Joseph Black, 2 November 1787

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/59-60
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doctor F X Swediaur [Schwediauer], London to Joseph Black, dated 2 November 1787. The letter is about Black's chemical furnace.

Dates: 2 November 1787

Letter from Doctor Francis Neira to Joseph Black, undated

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/20-21
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doctor Francis Neira to Joseph Black, undated. The letter is about platina.

Dates: undated

Letter from Doctor Gardiner to Joseph Black, 31 August 1782

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/IV/5-6
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doctor Gardiner, [Niddrys] to Joseph Black, dated 31 August 1782. The letter mentions Doctor Roebuck and Lord Dundonald. The item also includes Black's first calculation of profits per annum on tar manufacture.

Dates: 31 August 1782

Letter from Doctor Ignace Luzuriaga to Joseph Black, 16 November 1787

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/44-45
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doctor Ignace Luzuriaga, Madrid to Joseph Black, dated 16 November 1787. The letter is about proposing Doctor Francois Sobral, physician to the King, and Doctor Jean Gomez, professor of anatomy at Madrid for honorary membership of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh.

Dates: 16 November 1787

Letter from Doctor Ignace Luzuriaga to Joseph Black, 16 November 1787

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/46-47
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doctor Ignace Luzuriaga to Joseph Black, dated 16 November 1787. The letter is about platina.

Dates: 16 November 1787

Letter from Doctor Ignace Luzuriaga to Joseph Black and draft letter from Joseph Black to Doctor Ignace Luzuriaga , 15 June 1787

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/29-30
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doctor Ignace Luzuriaga, London to Joseph Black, dated 15 June 1787. The letter is about platina and sending the diploma of membership of the Royal Academy of Madrid. The item contains two draft letters from Joseph Black to Doctor Ignace Luzuriaga, undated in reply. One of the draft replies is written on verso of a note from Professor Hugh Blair to Joseph Black.

Dates: 15 June 1787

Letter from Doctor Ignatius Luzuriaga to Joseph Black, 7 April 1787

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/19
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doctor Ignatius Luzuriaga, London to Joseph Black, dated 7 April 1787. The letter is about platina, etc. The item includes Black's draft reply.

Dates: 7 April 1787

Letter from Doctor J Stewart to Joseph Black, 21 October 1784

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/210-211
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doctor J Stewart, Southampton to Joseph Black, dated 21 October 1784. The letter is about Stewart desiring an introduction to Black's niece Mrs Chambers.

Dates: 21 October 1784

Letter from Doctor James Gerard to Joseph Black , 7 June 1784

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/174-175
Scope and Contents

Letter from Doctor James Gerard, Liverpool to Joseph Black, dated 7 June 1784. The letter is about Doctor Currie, soap manufacture and Gerard's proposing to come back to Edinburgh to graduate M.D.

Dates: 7 June 1784

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Type
Archival Object 433
Collection 7
Digital Record 1
 
Subject
Chemistry 10
Bleaching 8
Polypodiaceae, Classification of 7
Social Interaction 7
Medicine 6