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

 Person

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Dates

  • Existence: 1728 - 1799

Found in 442 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Joseph Black to his brother, George Black, 27 October 1796

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Identifier: Coll-16/V/85-86
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black, Edinburgh to his brother George Black, dated 27 October 1796.

Dates: 27 October 1796
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black V: Family Letters

Letter from Joseph Black to his brother, George Black, 15 December 1797

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Identifier: Coll-16/V/91-92
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black, Edinburgh to his brother, George Black, dated 15 December 1797. The letter is about his nephew, George Black.

Dates: 15 December 1797
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black V: Family Letters

Letter from Joseph Black to his brother, George Black, 16 June 1798

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Identifier: Coll-16/V/99-100
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black, Edinburgh to his brother, George Black, dated 16 June 1798. The letter is about the Irish rebellion and George's journey to Scotland. He mentions Colonel Alexander Ross and Lord Cornwallis.

Dates: 16 June 1798
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black V: Family Letters

Letter from Joseph Black to his brother, Samuel Black, c 1746

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Identifier: Coll-16/V/1
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black, Glasgow to his brother, Samuel Black, Glasgow, undated, c 1746.

Dates: c 1746
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black V: Family Letters

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, 01 June 1754

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/1-2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black, expressing a wish to stay longer in Edinburgh.

Dates: 01 June 1754
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, 04 April 1757

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/3
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black, introducing Mr Somerville, grandson to John Gowdie, Principal of the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 04 April 1757
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, 16 May 1758

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/4-5
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black, relating family news and that he is thinking of buying a horse.

Dates: 16 May 1758
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, 20 Sept 1763

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/6-7
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black, regarding a visit to the Carron Iron Works and linen bleaching.

Dates: 20 Sept 1763
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black I

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black, 1 October 1751

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Identifier: Coll-16/V/3-4
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black, Glasgow to his father, John Black, Glasgow, dated 1 October 1751.

Dates: 1 October 1751
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black V: Family Letters

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black, 22 April 1752

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Identifier: Coll-16/V/5
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black, Glasgow to his father, John Black, dated 22 April 1752.

Dates: 22 April 1752
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Joseph Black and family / Correspondence of Joseph Black V: Family Letters

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Chemistry 11
Bleaching 8
Polypodiaceae, Classification of 7
Social Interaction 7
Medicine 6
Assaying 5
Mineralogical Specimens 5
Snow 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
Accounts 3
Agriculture 3
Biography 3
Edinburgh -- Scotland 3
Lime 3
Mineral Waters 3
Minerals 3
Sand 3
Soils 3
Student lecture notes 3
University of Edinburgh -- 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
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