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Edinburgh -- Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

James Johnson: notes from lectures on chemistry by Joseph Black

 Fonds — Volume Dc.10.1
Identifier: Coll-1375
Scope and Contents

The lectures on chemistry by Joseph Black consist of:


  1. 1 volume of lecture notes (1770-1775)
Dates: 1770-1775

Lecture Notes of John Robison

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-204
Scope and Contents

Lecture notes from the time when Robison was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. The notes embrace the sciences of mechanics, hydrodynamics, astronomy and optics, together with electricity and magnetism.

It is assumed that these are Robison's own notes but this has not been verified.

Dates: c1779-c1801

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, 01 June 1754

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/1-2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black, expressing a wish to stay longer in Edinburgh.

Dates: 01 June 1754