Notes on chemistry lectures by Joseph Black delivered at the University of Edinburgh
Scope and Contents
Set of four volumes of notes on chemistry lectures given by Joseph Black M.D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh, 1774-1775. The second volume contains large, fold-out illustrations at the back.
Dates
- Creation: 1774-1775
Creator
- Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) (Presenter, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
4 Volumes
Custodial History
Ink inscriptions, front fly-leaf, on vol. I and III: "James Bone Esq. Surgeon", "Ex officina Jacobi Bon. Ayr 1782.". Pencil inscription inside front cover on vol. IV: "James Bone. Surgeon. Ayr 1774."
All volumes contain a bookplate from Carnegie Public Library, Ayr.
Previous references
Dk.3.42; Dk.3.43; Dk.3.44; Dk.3.45
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: D.14298 E570902
Accessioned on 2 September 1957.
Donated by Carnegie Public Library, Ayr.
Physical Description
Tan, leather bound quarter calf. Banded spine. Title on binding, red leather overlay: "Lectures on Chemistry", "Black I." (or "Black II", "Black III", "Black IV"). 9.2 x 7 in.
Source
- Bone, James, fl 1774-1782 (Surgeon) (Former owner, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Notes on chemistry lectures by Joseph Black delivered at the University of Edinburgh, 1774-1775
- Author
- Aline Brodin
- Date
- November 2024
- Description rules
- Isad(g)2
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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