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Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1728 - 1799

Found in 442 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from George Mackay to Joseph Black, 12 December 1788

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/119-120F
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Mackay, Ravenhead to Joseph Black, dated 12 December 1788. The letter is about Mr Young and the use of salt for vitrifaction.

Dates: 12 December 1788

Letter from George Moir to Joseph Black, 19 March 1773

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/53-54
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Moir to Joseph Black forwarding a sample of Peterhead mineral water.

Dates: 19 March 1773

Letter from George Skene to Joseph Black, 25 March 1773

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/55-56
Scope and Contents

Letter from George Moir to Joseph Black regarding Peterhead mineral water.

Dates: 25 March 1773

Letter from Gilbert Meason, Edinburgh to Joseph Black , 4 September 1782

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/180-181
Scope and Contents

Letter from Gilbert Meason, Edinburgh to Joseph Black, dated 4 September 1782. The letter is about sending water samples which were causing corrosion in a steam engine, and is entitled "Experiments on the Water of Wanlock head Engine". The items also include a draft report by Joseph Black.

Dates: 4 September 1782

Letter from Gilbert Meason to Joseph Black, 21 August 1782

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/178-179
Scope and Contents

Letter from Gilbert Meason, Edinburgh to Joseph Black, dated 21 August 1782. The letter is about sending water samples which were causing corrosion in a steam engine and it mentions James Watt. The item also include a draft report by Joseph Black.

Dates: 21 August 1782

Letter from Henry Cort to Joseph Black, 9 January 1787

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/248-249F
Scope and Contents

Letter from Henry Cort, Gosport to Joseph Black, dated 9 January 1787. The letter is about nail making, etc.

Dates: 9 January 1787

Letter from Henry Cort to Joseph Black, 18 February 1787

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/12-13
Scope and Contents

Letter from Henry Cort, Gosport to Joseph Black, dated 18 February 1787. The letter is about iron manufacture, anchors etc.

Dates: 18 February 1787

Letter from Henry McLagan to Joseph Black, 10 August 1791

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/209-210
Scope and Contents

Letter from Henry McLagan, Spa to Joseph Black, dated 10 August 1791. The letter is about McLagan seeking recommendations as a medical attendant.

Dates: 10 August 1791

Letter from Henry Menish to Joseph Black, December 1791

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/228-231
Scope and Contents

Letter from Henry Menish, Chelmsford to Joseph Black, dated December 1791. The letter is about chemical theory, latent heat, electrolysis and brickmaking.

Dates: December 1791

Letter from Henry Menish to Joseph Black, 10 August 1780

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/99-102
Scope and Contents

Letter from Dr Henry Menish to Joseph Black about minerals and medical matters.

Dates: 10 August 1780

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Subject
Chemistry 11
Bleaching 8
Polypodiaceae, Classification of 7
Social Interaction 7
Medicine 6
Assaying 5
Mineralogical Specimens 5
Snow 5
University of Edinburgh Library -- Legacy shelfmark sequence: Da-Dp 5
Water 5
Belfast (Northern Ireland) 4
Chemicals 4
Clay 4
Family 4
Gold 4
Linen 4
Ores 4
Professional Interaction 4
Smelting Furnaces 4
University of Edinburgh -- Student lecture notes 4
Accounts 3
Agriculture 3
Biography 3
Edinburgh -- Scotland 3
Lime 3
Mineral Waters 3
Minerals 3
Sand 3
Soils 3
Student lecture notes 3
Water-supply 3
Chemistry Experiments 2
Cobalt 2
Executors and Administrators 2
Fossils 2
Heat 2
Leadhills (Scotland) 2
Lectures and Lecturing 2
Mineralogy 2
Newcastle Upon Tyne (England) 2
Peterhead (Scotland) 2
Phlogiston 2
Rain and Rainfall 2
Scholarly Publishing 2
Scientific Apparatus and Instruments 2
Aberdeenshire (Scotland) 1
Anatomy 1
Animal Genetics 1
Astronomy 1
Books 1
Calorimeters 1
Calorimetry 1
Canals 1
Carbon Dioxide 1
Careers 1
Chronometers 1
Clouds 1
Corals 1
Crinan Argyllshire Scotland 1
Degrees, Academic 1
Dynamics 1
Electricity 1
Epitaphs 1
Evaporation 1
Experiments 1
Family papers 1
Family records | 1
Flint 1
Fluids 1
Freemasons 1
Gibraltar 1
Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland 1
Gums and Resins 1
Horses 1
Hydraulics 1
Hydrodynamics 1
Ice 1
Illustrations 1
Inventions 1
Ireland 1
Kaolin 1
Laboratories 1
Lead 1
Legacies 1
Libraries 1
London (England) 1
Machinery 1
Magnetism 1
Manuscripts 1
Mechanics 1
Mechanism (Philosophy) 1
Meteorology 1
Natural History 1
Nickel 1
Optics 1
Photographs - scientific 1
Physics 1
Physiology 1
Pigments 1
Pneumatics 1