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Joseph Black blue plaque

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Joseph Black blue plaque
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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.

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