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Title

Lectures on chemistry

Authors

• Black, Joseph, 1728-1799

Call number

LJS 170
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 5028342
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5028342

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Origin

Date

between 1770 and 1786?

Place

Scotland?

Summary

Fifth volume of a set of fair copies of lecture notes for Lectures 61-77, concerning air in alkaline substances, various categories of earths (such as clays and flints), and inflammable substances (including phosphorus, sulfur, oils, and bitumens). Lectures are written on recto sides only, with a few diagrams added on versos.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. 2r).
   

Extent

261 leaves : 188 x 110 (164 x 100) mm. bound to 192 x 124 mm

Collation

Paper, i + 261 + ii; 1-26⁸ 27¹³ 28-32⁸. Catchwords on last recto of all gatherings but one.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary quarter leather with marbled paper over paper boards; gilt title on spine label, Black's lectures, and gilt volume number.

Layout

Written in 21 long lines.

Decoration

2 small diagrams in ink of laboratory apparatus (title page verso, f. 12v); 1 small schematic diagram concerning air in alkaline substances (f. 38v).

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Appears in a McDowell & Stern (York, England) catalog, no. 17477, 1970s?
   
• Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 1.
   
• Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
   

Subjects topical

• University of Edinburgh--History--Sources
• Chemistry--Early works to 1800
• Chemistry--Study and teaching--18th century

Genres

• Codices
• Diagrams
• Lecture notes
• Manuscripts, English--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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Decorations

• fol. 2v — Diagram, f. 2v
• fol. 12v — Diagram, f. 12v
• fol. 38v — Diagram, f. 38v