Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh)
Dates
- Existence: 1728 - 1799
Found in 441 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of Joseph Black IV, 1749-1799
Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes letters from John Walker, Baron de Montesquieu and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier.
32 letters and related documents, mostly chronologically arranged, with index (1749-1786).
Correspondence of Joseph Black V: Family Letters, 1746-1799
Joseph Black exchanged a lot of correspondence with his family, particularly his brother George, and also with his brother Thomas, his father John, and his nephew George.
64 letters, chronologically arranged (1746-1799).
Cover of letter from Doctor Thomas Beddoes to Joseph Black, 2 February 1788
Cover of letter from Doctor Thomas Beddoes to Joseph Black, dated 2 February 1788.
Cover of letter from G La Bruyere to Joseph Black, 6 August 1787
English
Domestic accounts, 1766-1799
Following the death of Joseph Black in 1799, his affairs were handled by [his nephew] George and solicitor Adam Ferguson WS
Accounts and other executry papers (1776-1799)
Dr Joseph Black: A Centenary Memorial Sketch, 1899
Newscutting (09 December 1899) of an article written by Leonard Dobbin for The Chemist and Druggist, ( 09 December 1899) to mark the centenary of Black's death.
Draft letter by Joseph Black, c1783
Draft letter by Joseph Black regarding George Cottrel's blast furnace.
Draft letter by Joseph Black on smelting, c1783
Draft letter by Joseph Black with an account of George Cottrel's experiment in smelting iron by an air furnace.
Draft letter by Joseph Black to Leith police, undated
Draft letter by Joseph Black to the police of Leith, undated. The letter is in response to a further enquiry about the quality of Lochend water.
Draft letter from Joseph Black, undated
Draft letter by Joseph Black, undated. The letter is about John Collison's alkali.
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