Ores
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Draft letter from Joseph Black to [the Earl of Hopetoun], c1770
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/28
Scope and Contents
Draft letter from Joseph Black, most likely to the Earl of Hopetoun, regarding the assaying of ores.
Dates:
c1770
Letter from the Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black, 09 June 1770
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/29v-32
Scope and Contents
Letter from the Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black regarding assaying ores, with draft replies by Black.
Dates:
09 June 1770
Letter from the Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black, 03 August 1770
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/34-35
Scope and Contents
Letter from the Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black sending specimens of lead and nickel ores from Bathgate.
Dates:
03 August 1770
Letter from the Earrl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black, 19 May 1770
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/29-30
Scope and Contents
Letter from the Earl of Hopetoun to Joseph Black thanking him for assaying ores.
Dates:
19 May 1770
Two stories about Ruary an tartair [Roderick MacNeil] and accompanying notes about Barraigh/Isle of Barra], 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/25
Scope and Contents
Two stories about Ruary an tartair [Ruairidh an Tartair or Roderick MacNeil], the first being that when he had dinner he would send a servant to the top of He-eveall [Sheabhal/Heabhal, Barraigh/Isle of Barra] with a trumpet to proclaim as such, noting that 'Biola-creag was the badge on MacNeils livery' [Bual na Creige/Biulacraig, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] and that it is the 'third if not the second highest [cliff] in Britain'. The second story tells how he went to challenge Rob Roy [MacGregor]...
Dates:
1867