Joseph Black
Joseph Black (16 April 1728 - 6 December 1799) was a French-Scottish scientist, physicist, and inventor. He is known for his research on carbon dioxide, latent heat, and specific heat. He also invented the analytic scale.
Joseph Black | |
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| File:Joseph Black b1728.jpg Mezzotint engraving of Joseph Black. | |
| Born | 16 April 1728 |
| Died | 6 December 1799 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Latent heat, specific heat, and the discovery of carbon dioxide |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, physics, and chemistry |
| Influenced | James Watt |
Joseph Black Media
A precision analytical balance
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The world's first ice-calorimeter, used in the winter of 1782–83, by Antoine Lavoisier and Pierre-Simon Laplace, to determine the heat evolved in various chemical changes, calculations which were based on Joseph Black's prior discovery of latent heat.
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Joseph Black's grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh
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1807 copy of volume I of Joseph Black's Lectures on the Elements of Chemistry
First page of a 1807 copy of volume I of Joseph Black's Lectures on the Elements of Chemistry
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Alembics owned by Joseph Black, National Museum of Scotland
