What is Joseph Black?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Joseph Black |image = Joseph Black b1728.jpg |image_size = 230px |caption = [[engraving|Mezzotint engraving]] of Joseph Black. |birth_date = 16 April 1728 |birth_place = [[Bordeaux, France]] |death_date = 6 December 1799 |death_place = [[Edinburgh, Scotland]] |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = Scottish |ethnicity = |field = [[Medicine]], [[physics]], and [[chemistry]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = [[University of Glasgow]], [[University of Edinburgh]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Latent heat]], [[specific heat]], and the discovery of [[carbon dioxide]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = [[James Watt]] |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }} '''Joseph Black''' (16 April 1728 - 6 December 1799) was a [[France|French]]-[[Scotland|Scottish]] scientist, physicist, and [[invent]]or. He is known for his research on [[carbon dioxide]], [[heat|latent heat]], and [[heat|specific heat]]. He also invented the [[weighing scale|analytic scale]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Joseph}} [[Category:Scottish physicists]] [[Category:1728 births]] [[Category:1799 deaths]] [[Category:Scientists from Glasgow]]