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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 report by Joseph Black, July 1784

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/182-183
Scope and Contents

Draft report by Joseph Black, dated "End of July 1784". The report is about the purity of the Water of Leith.

Dates: July 1784

Draft report by Joseph Black to the trustees for building the new college and draft letter from Joseph Black to Robert Adam, 30 December 1789

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/174-175F
Scope and Contents

Draft report by Joseph Black to the trustees for building the new college and draft letter from Joseph Black to Robert Adam, the architect, dated 30 December 1789.

Dates: 30 December 1789

Draft report from Joseph Black to John Davidson, 4 January 1787

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/11
Scope and Contents

Draft report from Joseph Black to John Davidson, Castle Hill, dated 4 January 1787. The report is about Eckford mare.

Dates: 4 January 1787

English translation of an epitaph for Joseph Black, c 1799

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/V/124
Scope and Contents

English translation of an epitaph for Joseph Black, undated.

Dates: c 1799

Estate of Doctor Black, 1799-1816

 Series
Identifier: Coll-16/XI
Scope and Contents

1 volume of accounts and other executry papers (1799-1816)

Dates: 1799-1816

From George Macintosh to Joseph Black, 4 November 1782

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/64-65
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Macintosh, Glasgow to Joseph Black, dated 4 November 1782. The letter is related to sending specimens of printed cloth. Black's draft reply is also included in the same document.

Dates: 4 November 1782

Incomplete letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black, c1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/149-156
Scope and Contents

Incomplete letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black about meteorology and with references to Benjamin Franklin.

Dates: c1783

Intimation of Joseph Black's nomination as a foreign member of l'Academie Royal des Sciences, with a letter from Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet to Joseph Black, undated and draft letter from Joseph Black to Jean Antoine Nicolas de Coribat, undated in reply., c 1789

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/148-152
Scope and Contents

Intimation of Joseph Black's nomination as a foreign member of l'Academie Royale des Sciences, with a letter from Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet to Joseph Black, undated and draft letter from Joseph Black to Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, undated in reply. Also included is a printed document, "Reglement donne par le roi a l'Academie Royale des Sciences", dated 23 April 1785 and other papers.

Dates: c 1789

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Archival Object 433
Collection 7
Digital Record 1
 
Subject
Chemistry 10
Bleaching 8
Polypodiaceae, Classification of 7
Social Interaction 7
Medicine 6