Notes of Dr. Joseph Black's Philosophical Lectures on Chemistry

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  • Reference
    • GB 237 Coll-1847
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1775
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 3 Volumes

Scope and Content

Three volumes of notes on Dr. Joseph Black's lectures on chemistry. The full title is: 'Notes of Dr. Black's Philosophical Lectures on Chemistry, Corrected and enlarged by the joint labor of George Buchan Hepburn and Alexander Law, advocates'. Manuscript, in a neat and legible hand, of notes of Black's course of 57 lectures on chemistry delivered from 13th June to 22nd December 1775.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased in June 2017. Accession no SC-Acc-2017-0167.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Aline Brodin in November 2017.

Related Material

See Coll-16: Papers of Joseph Black and family, 1746-1799; Coll-1369: Notes from lectures by Thomas Charles Hope and Joseph Black, 1796-1797; Coll-1374: A Law: notes from lectures on Chemistry by Joseph Black, 1775; and Coll-1375: James Johnson: notes from lectures on chemistry by Joseph Black, 1770-1775.