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MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873
4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)
3 - Letters returned to James Watt after the recipient's death - 1768 - 1799
1 - Letters to Joseph Black from James Watt returned after Black's death - 1768 - 1799
Ref No
MS 3219/4/3/1/33
Finding Number
MS 3219/4/127/33
Title
Letter. James Watt (Birmingham) to Joseph Black (Edinburgh).
Level
Item
Date
13 March 1789
Description
[docket reads 15 Nov] [He has some good stones of tin from Cornwall, which will be sent off. The mines there are perishing fast. Dr. Priestley’s experiments using nitrous air and Volta’s eudiometer].
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