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Letter from Charles McKinnon to Joseph Black, 3 October 1785

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Identifier: Coll-16/IV/23
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Letter from Charles McKinnon, Kilmorie, Skye to Joseph Black, dated 3 October 1785. The letter is about his essay on incommensurability, Professor John Robinson, Professor John Playfair, Professor Dugald Stewart, Doctor Blacklock, etc.

Dates: 3 October 1785

Letter from Charles McKinnon to Joseph Black, 3 March 1786

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Identifier: Coll-16/IV/31-33
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Letter from Charles McKinnon, Kilmorie, Skye to Joseph Black, dated 3 March 1786. The letter is about Professor Dugald Stewart's criticisms of McKinnon's mathematical paper (see Coll-16/IV/23, 25-26).

Dates: 3 March 1786

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  • Names: Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) X
  • Names: Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828 (Scottish philosopher and mathematician) X

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Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 1