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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 Lord Kames to Joseph Black, 02 May 1775

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/82
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lord Kames to Joseph Black about rain.

Dates: 02 May 1775

Letter from Lord Kames to Joseph Black, 30 May 1775

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/83-84
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Letter from Lord Kames to Joseph Black about the properties of clay and suggesting Black should lecture on agriculture.

Dates: 30 May 1775

Letter from Lord Kames to Joseph Black, 05 September 1775

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/85
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Letter from Lord Kames to Joseph Black about the properties of clay (with notes by Black).

Dates: 05 September 1775

Letter from Lord Kames to Joseph Black, 05 September 1775

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/86
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Letter from Lord Kames to Joseph Black about clay and ploughing (with draft reply by Black).

Dates: 05 September 1775

Letter from Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell to Joseph Black, 22 January 1779

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/87-88
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Letter from Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell, a former student of Joseph Black, sending information about his work in chemistry.

Dates: 22 January 1779

Letter from Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell to Joseph Black, 24 October 1779

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/93-96
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell with a translation of extracts from his Chemisches Journal.

Dates: 24 October 1779

Letter from Louis Macie to Joseph Black, 27 February 1785

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/252-253
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Letter from Louis Macie, London to Joseph Black, dated 27 February 1785. The letter is about a visit to Lead Hills.

Dates: 27 February 1785

Letter from Louis Ruffin to Joseph Black, 5 June 1789

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Identifier: Coll-16/III/133
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Letter from Louis Ruffin, Edinburgh to Joseph Black, dated 5 June 1789. The letter is about coal mines in Piedmont and it mentions William Roebuck, son of Thomas Roebuck.

Dates: 5 June 1789

Letter from Martin Wall to Joseph Black, 15 November 1780

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/103-104
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Letter from Martin Wall to Joseph Black about a chemistry course at the University of Oxford and Black's chemical furnace.

Dates: 15 November 1780

Letter from Mathew Guthrie to Joseph Black, 20 October 1786

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/276-277
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Letter from Mathew Guthrie, St Petersburg to Joseph Black, dated 20 October 1786. The letter is about Mrs Guthrie's health and it also mentions John Robison, Guthrie's "own relation and old Russian companion" and Mr.Hill, iron founder in Siberia.

Dates: 20 October 1786

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Chemistry 10
Bleaching 8
Polypodiaceae, Classification of 7
Social Interaction 7
Medicine 6