Pump used by Professor Joseph Black

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This double-barrelled air pump was used by Professor Joseph Black at Edinburgh University.

One of a collection of apparatus and instruments from Edinburgh University used by Professors Black, Hope and Gregory - a double-barrelled air pump in the form in which it was first made by Hauksbee

Joseph Black, 1728-1799, was Professor of Chemistry at both Glasgow and Edinburgh University. He worked upon a quantitative chemical analysis of the processes of boiling, melting and freezing and developed the theories of latent heat and specific heat.

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• Online ID: 000-000-099-945-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: Innovators and Innovations (multimedia essay)
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1858.275.1
• Date: 18th century
  c. 1705
  
• Material: Pump, air, double barrelled, Hauksbee
  
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• What: Pump, air, double barrelled, Hauksbee
  
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• Who: Joseph Black (scientist)
  
• Where: England
  
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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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