Vessel used by Professor Joseph Black

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This large bell-shaped glass vessel was used by the chemist, Joseph Black, between 1766 and 1799.

One of a collection of apparatus and instruments from Edinburgh University used by Professors Black, Hope and Gregory - a large bell-shaped glass vessel used by Dr Joseph Black, 1766 - 1799

Professor Joseph Black, 1728-1799, was a distinguished researcher and teacher of chemistry. He was the first to identify carbon dioxide within air and developed the theories of latent heat and specific heat.

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• Online ID: 000-000-099-842-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: Innovators and Innovations (multimedia essay)
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1858.275.44
• Date: 1766 - 1799
  Between 1766 and 1799
  
• Material: Glass
  Vessel, bell shaped
  
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• What: Vessel, bell shaped
  
• Subject: 4. CHEMISTRY, Apparatus and instruments, general (Departmental Classification)
  
• Who: Joseph Black (scientist)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Leith
  
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• References:
  • Fyffe, J.G. Joseph Black: a bibliography. London: Science Museum, c.1992
  • Playfair, John. James Hutton and Joseph Black : biographies. Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1997
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