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Letter from Patrick Wilson to Joseph Black, 30 October 1781

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/111-112
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Letter from Patrick Wilson to Joseph Black about snow water and offering items for John Walker's collection.

Dates: 30 October 1781

Letter from Professor John Walker to Joseph Black , c 1798

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Identifier: Coll-16/II/25-26F
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Letter from Professor John Walker to Joseph Black, undated, however watermark is dated 1798. The letter is about peat. Walker criticises Antoine Laurent Lavoisier's account of the principles of vegetables and praises Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau' s nomenclature in chemistry, etc.

Dates: c 1798

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  • Names: Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) X
  • Names: Walker, John, 1731-1803 (professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh and clergyman) X

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Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794 (French chemist) 1
Wilson, Patrick, 1743-1811 (astronomer) 1