Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh)
Dates
- Existence: 1728 - 1799
Found in 441 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Mathew Guthrie to Joseph Black, 22 September 1783
Letter from Mathew Guthrie, St Petersburg to Joseph Black, dated 22 September 1783. The letter is about experiments with mercury, Professor Ferber of Mittan, steel manufacture and phlogiston, and Professor John Robison.
Letter from Matthew Guthrie to Joseph Black, 23 January 1783
Letter from Matthew Guthrie, St Petersburg to Joseph Black, dated 23 January 1783. The letter is about an experiment on freezing.
Letter from Monsieur Amelot to Joseph Black , 29 May 1783
Letter from Monsieur Amelot, Versailles to Joseph Black, dated 29 May 1783. The letter informs Black that the king has appointed him a foreign member of the Société Royale de Médecine. The item includes Black's draft reply.
Letter from Monsieur le comte de Saluces to Mrs Macquer et Cigna, 15 May 1782
Letter from Monsieur le comte de Saluces to Mrs Macquer et Cigna, dated 15 May 1782. The letter is about artificial saltpeter (potassium nitrate). It is printed and contains an autograph note to Joseph Black from Monsieur le comte de Saluces.
Letter from Monsieur Vicq d'Azur to Joseph Black , 17 October 1783
Letter from Monsieur Vicq d'Azur to Joseph Black, dated 17 October 1783.
Letter from Monsieur Vicq d'Azyr to Joseph Black, 29 Jun 1783
Letter from Monsieur Vicq d'Azyr, Paris to Joseph Black, dated 29 June 1783. The letter contains Black's official intimation of his appointment as a foreign member of Société Royale de Médecine de Paris (see letter from Monsieur Amelot to Joseph Black, 29 May 1783, Coll-16/II/119-20F).
Letter from Mr Cumming to Joseph Black and Doctor Hutton , c 30 December 1785
Letter from Mr Cumming to Joseph Black and Doctor Hutton, dated 30 December, no year. The letter is an invitation to supper and an added note says "Mrs Cuming ...will take care to keep a piece of Bun to his (Hutton's) hugminy." The item also includes notes on waters examined for Edinburgh, December 1785, written in Joseph Black's hand. The item was found too late to be put in chronological order.
Letter from Mr Geddes to Joseph Black, undated
Letter from Mr Geddes to Joseph Black, undated. The letter contains information about the Secretary of the Spanish embassy in London.
Letter from Mr Gordon, Superintendent of Water to Joseph Black and draft letter from Joseph Black to Mr Gordon, 27 August 1785 and undated
Letter from Mr Gordon, Superintendent of Water, Edinburgh to Joseph Black, dated 27 August 1785 and draft letter from Joseph Black to Mr Gordon, undated. The letters are about the water supply.
Letter from Mr J Greville to Joseph Black, 26 October 1784
Letter from Mr J Greville to Joseph Black, dated 26 October 1784. The letter is about sending minerals, etc.
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