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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:

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Henry Menish, undated

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/232
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Henry Merrish, no date. The letter was written in reply to Merrish's letter of December 1791 (Coll-16/III/228-231).

Dates: undated

Draft letter from Joseph Black to his father, 1763

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/12
Scope and Contents

Draft of letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black (final version at Joseph Black/I/6-7).

Dates: 1763

Draft letter from Joseph Black to James Ferguson, 14 October 1763

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/9-11
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to James Ferguson, Belfast, on linen bleaching.

Dates: 14 October 1763

Draft letter from Joseph Black to James Louis Macie, 18 September 1790

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/158-159
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to James Louis Macie, Orchard Street, Portman Square, London, dated 18 September 1790. The letter contains an account by Black of his small beam for weighing very small masses.

Dates: 18 September 1790

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Johann Albrecht Euler, 4 September 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/138F
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black, Edinburgh to Johann Albrecht Euler, dated 4 September 1783. The letter was written in reply to Euler's letter of 24 February 1783 (Coll-16/II/104-105).

Dates: 4 September 1783

Draft letter from Joseph Black to John Roebuck, 8 December 1787

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/56-58
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to John Roebuck, dated 8 December 1787. The letter is about glazing, enamelling etc.

Dates: 8 December 1787

Draft letter from Joseph Black to John Thomas Stanley , c 1792

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/235
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to John Thomas Stanley, undated. This letter was written in reply to Stanley's letter of 24 April 1792 (Coll-16/III/233-234).

Dates: c 1792

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Joseph Cappe and his father [Newcombe Cappe], 6 November 1788

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/113
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Joseph Cappe and his father [Newcombe Cappe], dated 6 November 1788. See also letters from Joseph Cappe and Newcombe Cappe to Joseph Black (Coll-16/III/105-108).

Dates: 6 November 1788

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Lord Elcho [David Wemyss], undated

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/25F
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Lord Elcho [David Wemyss], undated. The letter contains notes on iron manufacture. The item is written on verso of a note from J Russell.

Dates: undated

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Louis Ruffin, undated

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/134
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to Louis Ruffin, undated. The letter is written in reply to Ruffin's letter of 5 June 1789 (Coll-16/III/133).

Dates: undated

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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