Correspondence of Joseph Black I, 1754-1783
Series
Identifier: Coll-16/I
Scope and Contents
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)
Dates
- Creation: 1754-1783
Creator
Language of Materials
English mostly
Physical Description
1 box
Extent
From the Fonds: 1 metre
Arrangement
Letters currently numbered with folio numbers, individual or spans.
Note: Oversised items from this series are indexed here but physically located located within box Gen. 875.
Physical Location
Gen.873
Physical Description
1 box
Archivist's Note
Grant Buttars 25 January 2002
Creator
Subject
- Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Home, Henry, Lord Kames, 1696-1782 (judge and philosopher) (Person)
- Home, Henry, Lord Kames, 1696-1782 (judge and philosopher) (Person)
- Johnstone, James Hope-, 1741-1816 (3rd Earl of Hopetoun) (Person)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819 (engineer) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk