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Letter from Alexander Wilson to Joseph Black, 13 January 1783
Letter from Alexander Wilson to Joseph Black about the chemical compound colcothar and the grinding of a speculum.
Letter from Alexander Wilson to Joseph Black, 21 January 1768
Letter from Alexander Wilson, and his son, to Joseph Black regarding thermometers, clouds, air pressure and the evaporation of ice.
Letter from Andrew Stuart to Joseph Black, 7 March 1783
Letter from Andrew Stuart, London to Joseph Black, dated 7 March 1783. The letter is about Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald's affairs.
Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier to Joseph Black, 19 September 1789
Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Paris to Joseph Black, dated 19 September 1789. The letter is about Lavoisier recommending Monsieur de Boullogne, a prospective student and also about his Traite elementaire de chimie (Elementary Treatise on Chemistry). The Lavoisier letters are printed in Report to the British Association, 1872 pp. 189-92.
Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier to Joseph Black, 24 July 1790
Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Paris to Joseph Black, dated 24 July 1790. The letter is about phlogiston, Lavoisier introducing Monsieur Terray "intendant de Lyon", bearer of the letter, who has come to Edinburgh with a French student. Lavoisier states that he hopes to visit Edinburgh himself, sometime. The Lavoisier letters are printed in Report to the British Association, 1872 pp. 189-92.
Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier to Joseph Black , 19 November 1790
Letter from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Paris to Joseph Black, dated 19 November 1790. The letter is about Lavoisier wanting to publish Black's reply in Annales de Chimie. He also mentions Hugo Gillan (M. D. Edin., 1786) and his own experiments on respiration. The Lavoisier letters are printed in Report to the British Association, 1872 pp. 189-92.
Letter from Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald to Joseph Black, 20 January 1783
Letter from Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald, Culross to Joseph Black, dated 20 January 1783. The letter is about Cochrane's tar works.
Letter from Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald to Joseph Black, 18 January 1783
Letter from Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald, Culross to Joseph Black, dated 18 January 1783. The letter is about Cochrane asking advice for patenting his method of tar production.
Letter from Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald, to Joseph Black, 8 April 1783
Letter from Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald, Culross Abbey to Joseph Black, dated 8 April 1783. The letter is about Cochrane's tar works.
Letter from Archibald Cochrane, Lord Dundonald to Joseph Black and draft reply from Joseph Black to Archibald Cochrane, 17 February 1786 and undated
Letter from Archibald Cochrane, Lord Dundonald, Culross Abbey to Joseph Black, dated 17 February 1786 and draft reply from Joseph Black to Archibald Cochrane, undated. The first letter is about salt refining. Cochrane suggests that Black, with Adam Smith, Peter Millar and Professor John Robison might inspect his works. Black's reply makes excuses for Adam Smith, John Robison and himself.