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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:

Letter from E Macculloh to Joseph Black, 11 February 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/95-96
Scope and Contents

Letter from E Macculloh to Joseph Black, dated 11 February 1783. The letter is about ash-burning and bleaching and the Board of Trustees.

Dates: 11 February 1783

Letter from E Macculloh to Joseph Black, 14 February 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/97-98
Scope and Contents

Letter from E Macculloh to Joseph Black, dated 14 February 1783. The letter is about ash-burning and bleaching and the Board of Trustees.

Dates: 14 February 1783

Letter from Elizabeth Hamilton to Joseph Black and draft letter from Joseph Black to Elizabeth Hamilton, 5 September 1792 and undated

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Identifier: Coll-16/III/245-246
Scope and Contents

Letter from Elizabeth Hamilton, Glasgow to Joseph Black, dated 5 September 1792 and draft letter from Joseph Black to Elizabeth Hamilton, undated, written in reply. The first letter is about asking Black to return Doctor Cleghorn's manuscript.

Dates: 5 September 1792 and undated

Letter from Fran[cis] Crosfeild to Joseph Black, 8 November 1785

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/272-273
Scope and Contents

Letter from Fran[cis] Crosfeild, Sperithern, near Bedale to Joseph Black, Yorkshire, dated 8 November 1785. The letter is about Crosfeild enquiring about his son, a student at Edinburgh and about mineralogy.

Dates: 8 November 1785

Letter from Frederick Otto Burchard de Reden to Joseph Black, 10 July 1790

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Identifier: Coll-16/III/191
Scope and Contents

Letter from Frederick Otto Burchard de Reden, Hanover to Joseph Black, dated 10 July 1790. The letter is about de Reden asking for certificates of his student career at Edinburgh.

Dates: 10 July 1790

Letter from from Professor Patrick Wilson to Joseph Black, 25 January 1781

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/5-6
Scope and Contents

Letter from Professor Patrick Wilson, from Glasgow College to Joseph Black, dated 25 January 1781. The letter is about snow, James Watt's copying machine, etc.

Dates: 25 January 1781

Letter from G. La Bruyere to Joseph Black, 26 August 1787

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Identifier: Coll-16/III/31-32F
Scope and Contents

Letter from G La Bruyere, Ravenhead to Joseph Black, dated 26 August 1787. The letter is about glass making.

Dates: 26 August 1787

Letter from George Black, brother of Joseph Black and his son to Joseph Black, 12 September 1792

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/47-48
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Black, brother of Joseph Black and his son, Belfast to Joseph Black, dated 12 September 1792. The letter is about their grocery business, etc.

Dates: 12 September 1792

Letter from George Blake to Joseph Black, 20 March 1783

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/115-116F
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Blake, Hammersmith, London to Joseph Black dated 20 March 1783. The letter is about the prospects of introducing the brewing of beer etc. into Russia. Blake has heard that the Empress has invited Black to St Petersburg to establish a school of medicine and chemistry.

Dates: 20 March 1783

Letter from George Blake to Joseph Black, 4 June 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/125-126
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Blake, Hammersmith, London to Joseph Black, dated 4 June 1783. The letter is about the suitability of Russian grain for brewing, etc.

Dates: 4 June 1783

Additional filters:

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