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Lime

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Draft letter from Joseph Black to James Ferguson, 14 October 1763

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/9-11
Scope and Contents

Draft letter from Joseph Black to James Ferguson, Belfast, on linen bleaching.

Dates: 14 October 1763

Geological Survey notebook 'X X', 1900

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Identifier: Coll-74/1/10
Scope and Contents

Drawings and notes on the geology of areas of Scotland, including Aviemore, Inverness, Schehallion and parts of Fife, and to a lesser extent locations around Auvergne, France, with a list of excursionists who went there. References are made to raised beaches at the Firth of Tay, a fault line at St Monans, limeworks at Ceres, erosion near Wormit and necks at St Andrews.

Dates: 1900

Letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black, 26 July 1773

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/64-69
Scope and Contents

Letter from AJ Alexander to Joseph Black regarding medical matters, lime from coral, chemical experiments etc.

Dates: 26 July 1773

Letter from James Ferguson to Joseph Black, 24 September 1763

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Identifier: Coll-16/I/13-14v
Scope and Contents

Letter from James Ferguson, Belfast, to Joseph Black regarding the use of lime in bleaching, with part of draft reply by Black.

Dates: 24 September 1763