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 Ronald Crawford, 15 September 1789
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/157
Scope and Contents
Draft letter from Joseph Black to Ronald Crawford, dated 15 September 1789. The letter is about lead works (see Coll-16/III/155-156). The item is written on verso of an invitation from Miss Annie Cullen.
Dates:
15 September 1789
Draft letter from Joseph Black to Sir John Sinclair, undated
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/203-204
Scope and Contents
Draft letter from Joseph Black to Sir John Sinclair, undated. The letter was written in response to Coll-16/III/202.
Dates:
undated
Draft letter from Joseph Black to Sir Robert Anstruther, 8 April 1790
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/183
Scope and Contents
Draft letter from Joseph Black to Sir Robert Anstruther, dated 8 April 1790. The letter is about marle.
Dates:
8 April 1790
Draft letter from Joseph Black to the Earl of Buchan , 6 October 1790, 28 April 1790
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/192-194
Scope and Contents
Draft letter from Joseph Black to the Earl of Buchan, dated 6 October 1790. The letter is about a kiln for making lime out of marble and Papillon's hygrometer. The item also contains a printed notice of a meeting of commissions, dated 28 April 1790 to roup dung.
Dates:
6 October 1790; 28 April 1790
Draft letter from Joseph Black to [the Earl of Hopetoun], c1770
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/28
Scope and Contents
Draft letter from Joseph Black, most likely to the Earl of Hopetoun, regarding the assaying of ores.
Dates:
c1770
Draft letter from Joseph Black to Thomas Hutchins , 1 March 1784
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/162F
Scope and Contents
Draft letter from Joseph Black, Edinburgh to Thomas Hutchins, dated 1 March 1784. The letter is about Black warning Hutchins about Mr McGowan.
Dates:
1 March 1784
Draft letter from Joseph Black to William Thomson, c November 1782
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/23F
Scope and Contents
Draft letter from Joseph Black to William Thomson, Christ Church, Oxford. The letter is in reply to the one dated November 1782.
Dates:
c November 1782
Draft of recommendation of Doctor James Paterson to the Earl of Warwick by Professors William Cullen and Joseph Black, 8 December 1787
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/61
Scope and Contents
Draft of recommendation of Doctor James Paterson to the Earl of Warwick by Professors William Cullen and Joseph Black, dated 8 December 1787.
Dates:
8 December 1787
Draft reply from Joseph Black to Patrick Wilson, 19 November 1781
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/115-116
Scope and Contents
Draft reply from Joseph Black to Patrick Wilson about snow water and heat.
Dates:
19 November 1781
Draft reply from Joseph Black to Robert Arbuthnott, 1783
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/144-145
Scope and Contents
Draft reply from Joseph Black to Robert Arbuthnott, secretary to the Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland, in favour of George Cottrel's blast furnace.
Dates:
1783