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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 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
Joseph Black plaque by James Tassie, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
A precision analytical balance
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.
Joseph Black's grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh
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
Alembics owned by Joseph Black, National Museum of Scotland
