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"Abstract of the premium granted by the Linen Board of Ireland for producing alkaline or bleaching salts from materials of Irish growth", 4 June 1782
Text entitled, 'Abstract of the premium granted by the Linen Board of Ireland for producing alkaline or bleaching salts from materials of Irish growth', dated 4 June 1782. The report contains notes on verso by Joseph Black regarding the use of ferns for ashes.
Accounts, 1792-1797
1 volume of accounts, largely relating to domestic purchases, with enclosures (1792-1797)
Accounts, 1793-1799
1 volume of accounts, largely relating to income, with enclosures (1793-1799)
Autobiographical notes by Professor Joseph Black, c 1793-1799
Autobiographical notes by Professor Joseph Black. Written after 1793 and before his death on 6 December 1799.
Copy of letter from Captain F to his brother , 1 March 1783
Copy of letter from Captain F to his brother in Edinburgh, dated 1 March 1783. The letter is about rusting of iron bolts in copper bottomed ships, e.g. the Victory. The item contains Joseph Black's draft reply.
Copy of specification of James Black's invention for refining sugar, 19 February 1785
Copy of specification of James Black's invention for refining sugar, dated 19 February 1785.
Correspondence of Joseph Black I, 1754-1783
Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with James Watt (1736-1819), Lord Kames (1696-1782), James Hope Johnstone (1741-1816) and Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell (1744-1816).
1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1754-1783)
Correspondence of Joseph Black II, 1770-1786
Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with George Macintosh (fl1782-1783), Princess Dashkova (1743-1810) and Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell (1744-1816).
1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1770-1786)
Correspondence of Joseph Black III, 1785-1793
Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with Adam Smith (1723-1790), George Dempster of Dunnichen (1732-1818) and Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808).
1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1785-1793).
Correspondence of Joseph Black IV, 1749-1799
Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes letters from John Walker, Baron de Montesquieu and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier.
32 letters and related documents, mostly chronologically arranged, with index (1749-1786).