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Joseph Black. Stipple engraving by J. Posselwhite after J. Heath after H. Raeburn.

The life and letters of Joseph Black, M.D. / by William Ramsay ; with an introduction dealing with the life and work of Sir William Ramsay by F.G. Donnan.

Joseph Black. Etching by J. Kay, 1787.

Joseph Black. Stipple engraving by C. Cook after H. Raeburn.

Joseph Black. Engraving by T. A. Dean, 1830, after H. Raeburn.

Joseph Black. Stipple engraving by J. Heath after H. Raeburn.

Joseph Black. Stipple engraving by J. Rogers after H. Raeburn.

James Hutton (left) and Joseph Black (right), natural philosophers, talking together. Etching and aquatint by J. Kay, 1787.

Joseph Black. Stipple engraving by K. Mackenzie after J. Tassie.

An enquiry into the general effects of heat; with observations on the theories of mixture. In two parts: illustrated with a variety of experiments, tending to explain and deduce from principles, some of the most common appearances in nature. With an appendix on the form and use of the principal vessels containing the subjects on which the effects of heat and mixture are to be produced.

The correspondence of Joseph Black / edited by Robert G.W. Anderson and Jean Jones.

Joseph Black (1728-1799) / by G.E. Trease.

Joseph Black 1728-1799 : a commemorative symposium / edited by A.D.C. Simpson.

Notes from Doctor Black's lectures on chemistry 1767/8 / Thomas Cochrane ; edited with an introduction by Douglas McKie ; foreword by Lord Todd of Trumpington.

An account of the hot springs in Iceland : with an analysis of their waters / John Thomas Stanley.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de humore acido a cibis orto, et magnesia alba ... / [Joseph Black].

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Notes from Doctor Black's lectures on chemistry 1767/8 / Thomas Cochrane ; edited with an introduction by Douglas McKie ; foreword by Lord Todd of Trumpington.

The correspondence of Joseph Black / edited by Robert G.W. Anderson and Jean Jones.

An account of the hot springs in Iceland : with an analysis of their waters / John Thomas Stanley.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de humore acido a cibis orto, et magnesia alba ... / [Joseph Black].