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

Letter from Richard Lambert to Joseph Black, 18 June 1770

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/33

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Letter from Richard Lambert, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Joseph Black regarding civic water supplies.

Dates: 18 June 1770

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

Letter from Richard Lambert to Joseph Black, 27 August 1770

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/36-37

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Letter from Richard Lambert, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Joseph Black regarding specimens of water, with draft of Black's report on them.

Dates: 27 August 1770

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

Letter from Richard Pulteney to Joseph Black, 5 September 1788

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Identifier: Coll-16/III/96

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Letter from Richard Pulteney to Joseph Black, dated 5 September 1788. The letter is about refining borax and contains pencil notes by Black.

Dates: 5 September 1788

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

Letter from Robert Arbuthnot to Joseph Black , 28 January 1783

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/89

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Letter from Robert Arbuthnot, Trustees Office, Edinburgh to Joseph Black, dated 28 January 1783. The letter is about Mrs. Gordon's process for making vinegar.

Dates: 28 January 1783

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

Letter from Robert Arbuthnot to Joseph Black, 16 February 1784

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/158-159

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Letter from Robert Arbuthnot, Trustees Office, Edinburgh to Joseph Black, dated 16 February 1784. The letter is about ashes for alkali and enclosed a letter from George Abercromby to Arbuthnot (Coll-16/II/157F, now in outsize sequence).

Dates: 16 February 1784

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

Letter from Robert Arbuthnott to Joseph Black and James Hutton, 27 June 1783

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/142-143

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Letter from Robert Arbuthnott, secretary to the Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland, to Joseph Black and James Hutton asking their opinions on George Cottrel's blast furnace.

Dates: 27 June 1783