Black, Joseph
Published: August 18, 2006, 12:00 am
Updated: August 26, 2010, 5:12 pm
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Joseph Black (1728 – 1799), a French-born Scottish chemist noted for his fundamental work on latent heat and specific heat as well as his discovery of carbon dioxide. Black’s experiments in 1754 at the University of Glasgow involved the first careful gravimetric (weight) measurements on changes brought about when heating magnesia alba (with the release of CO2) and reacting the products with acids or alkalis. This foreshadowed Lavoisier's work and helped lay the foundation for modern chemistry. It has been suggested that Black may have directly influenced James Watt’s work on steam engines with his identification of the latent heat of fusion and vaporization. Black also found that the same amount of heat could produce different temperature changes in different bodies. The change in temperature for a given amount of heat is now known as specific heat.
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Joseph Black, M.D., Lecturer in Chemistry (Glasgow University)
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Tom Lawrence (Topic Editor) "Black, Joseph". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 26, 2010; Retrieved May 18, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Black,_Joseph>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Joseph Black (1728 – 1799), a French-born Scottish chemist noted for his fundamental work on latent heat and specific heat as well as his discovery of carbon dioxide. Black’s experiments in 1754 at the University of Glasgow involved the first careful gravimetric (weight) measurements on changes brought about when heating magnesia alba (with the release of CO2) and reacting the products with acids or alkalis. This foreshadowed Lavoisier's work and helped lay the foundation for modern chemistry. It has been suggested that Black may have directly influenced James Watt’s work on steam engines with his identification of the latent heat of fusion and vaporization. Black also found that the same amount of heat could produce different temperature changes in different bodies. The change in temperature for a given amount of heat is now known as specific heat.
Further Reading
Joseph Black, M.D., Lecturer in Chemistry (Glasgow University)
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