Intimation of Joseph Black's nomination as a foreign member of l'Academie Royal des Sciences, with a letter from Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet to Joseph Black, undated and draft letter from Joseph Black to Jean Antoine Nicolas de Coribat, undated in reply., c 1789
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/III/148-152
Scope and Contents
Intimation of Joseph Black's nomination as a foreign member of l'Academie Royale des Sciences, with a letter from Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet to Joseph Black, undated and draft letter from Joseph Black to Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, undated in reply. Also included is a printed document, "Reglement donne par le roi a l'Academie Royale des Sciences", dated 23 April 1785 and other papers.
Dates
- Creation: c 1789
Creator
- Caritat, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de, 1743-1794 (Marquis de Condorcet | French philosopher and mathematician) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Language of Materials
French
Extent
1 letter
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk