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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:

Papers of Joseph Black and family

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-16
Scope and Contents 5 boxes of correspondence between himself and a variety of individuals (including James Watt, Prince Paul Dashkov, John Robison) and on a variety of subjects: linen bleaching, use of lime water, assays of ores, civic water supply, mineralogical specimens, absorption of heat etc 1 box of family letters between Black, his father and his brothers Samuel, George and Thomas ...
Dates: 1746-1799

Part of draft letter by Joseph Black, c1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/136
Scope and Contents

Part of draft letter from Joseph Black about clay on a note from a Mr Worthington.

Dates: c1783

Part of letter from William Cookworthy to Joseph Black, c1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/147
Scope and Contents

Part of letter from William Cookworthy to Joseph Black about china clay (kaolin).

Dates: c1783

"Price of pitch and tar in time of peace." , undated

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/112
Scope and Contents

Note "Price of pitch and tar in time of peace.' by Joseph Black, undated.

Dates: undated

Printed prospectus of A Bennet's, "New experiments on atmospheric electricity" , undated

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/89-93
Scope and Contents

Printed prospectus of A Bennet's, "New experiments on atmospheric electricity". The item contains the receipt for Joseph Black's subscription, prints of electrical discharges and also names of some subscribers.

Dates: undated

Queries from the police of Leith to Joseph Black and Professor Robison about the quality of Lochend Water , 1782

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/36-39F
Scope and Contents

Document containing queries from the police of Leith to Joseph Black and Professor Robison about the quality of Lochend Water, etc., dated 1782. The document also contains Black and Robinson's draft reply.

Dates: 1782

Specimens of printed cloth and silk from George Macintosh to Joseph Black, c 1782

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/66-68
Scope and Contents

Specimens of printed cloth and silk from George Macintosh, Glasgow to Joseph Black, c 1782. These relate to the letters from George Macintosh to Joseph Black, dated 2 November 1782 (Coll-16/II/69-70) and 4 November 1782 (Coll-16/II/64-65) and (Coll-16/II/71-72).

Dates: c 1782

Summary by Joseph Black on the processes of sugar refining, c 1784

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/207F
Scope and Contents

Summary by Joseph Black on the “specification of the process of boiling the cane juice”, and on the ”specification of the process of refining raw sugar”. Undated.

Dates: c 1784

Written note by Joseph Black about his father, John Black's friendship with Montesquieu, undated

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/IV/1F
Scope and Contents

Written note by Joseph Black about his father, John Black's friendship with Montesquieu, undated.

Dates: undated

Written note by Joseph Black containing comments and corrections relating to Doctor Gardiner's paper, July 1786

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/IV/37-40
Scope and Contents

Written note by Joseph Black containing comments and corrections of Doctor Gardiner's paper, dated July 1786 (see Coll-16/IV/5-6).

Dates: July 1786

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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