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Joseph Black (16 April 1728 – 6 December 1799) was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide.
Joseph Black was a British chemist and physicist best known for the rediscovery of “fixed air” (carbon dioxide), the concept of latent heat, and the discovery of the bicarbonates (such as bicarbonate of soda).
Joseph Black (1728-1799) Famous for: Discovering carbon dioxide. Making important observations about heat and temperature. Discovering latent heat. Born in Bordeaux in 1728 to an Irish father and a Scottish mother, Joseph Black spent his working life in Scotland.
- Thomson, Cullen, I, 573.
- Henry Cock Burn, Memorials of his Times (Edinburgh, 1856), pp. 48–49.
- Muirhead, Origin and Progress, II, 261–263.
- Ferguson, “Minutes,” p. 116.
Jun 15, 2014 · The discovery of carbon dioxide by Joseph Black (1728–1799) marked a new era of research on the respiratory gases. His initial interest was in alkalis such as limewater that were thought to be usef...
- John B. West
- 2014
Joseph Black (1728-1799) Discoveries. Joseph Black realised that air was not the only gas, and discovered carbon dioxide. He also made discoveries about heat and temperature and latent heat. Carbon dioxide. Strangely enough, Black observed the absence of the gas, before he knew of its existence.
Feb 16, 2024 · Joseph Black (1728-1799) by W. P. Doyle. Joseph Black was born on 16 April 1728 in Bordeaux where his father, a Belfast man of Scots descent, was in the wine trade. He was educated by his Scottish mother, who taught him English, until the age of twelve when he attended school in Belfast.
