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Born April 16, 1728 • Bordeaux • France
Died November 10, 1799 (aged 71) • Edinburgh • Scotland
Notable Works “Experiments Upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and Some Other Alcaline Substances”
Subjects Of Study bicarbonate • carbon dioxide • latent heat
Role In Scottish Enlightenment

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Joseph Black visiting James Watt in his University of Glasgow workshop.
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Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Jan Baptista van Helmont
Belgian scientist
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford
British physicist
John Dalton
John Dalton
British scientist
Venki Ramakrishnan
Indian-born physicist and molecular biologist
Francis William Aston.
Francis William Aston
British physicist and chemist
Crookes
Sir William Crookes
British chemist
Swan, Joseph
Joseph Swan
English physicist and chemist
British chemist and physicist James Dewar
Sir James Dewar
British scientist
Thomas Andrews.
Thomas Andrews
Irish chemist and physicist
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday
British physicist and chemist
Cavendish, Henry
Henry Cavendish
British physicist
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
French scientist
Lomonosov, Mikhail
Mikhail Lomonosov
Russian author and scientist
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist
James Hutton
James Hutton
Scottish geologist
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
French chemist
J. Willard Gibbs
J. Willard Gibbs
American scientist
Peter Armbruster
German physicist
Richard E. Smalley
American chemist and physicist
Walter Kohn
American physicist

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