What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Professor Joseph Black (1728 - 1799). Graduate of Medicine 1754. Professor of Chemistry 1766 - 1799. Discovered the Properties of Fixed Air (Carbon Dioxide). Promoter of the Scottish Chemical Industry. Recorded plaque organisation: Royal Society of Chemistry.
Joseph Black was a pioneering chemist and physicist who discovered the concept of latent heat and identified carbon dioxide as a distinct substance, significantly advancing the fields of chemistry and physics. His work also played a crucial role in promoting the development of the Scottish chemical industry.
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