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"""Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and some other Alkaline Substances"" is a groundbreaking paintings by Joseph Black, a pioneering Scottish chemist and physician of the 18th century. The book outlines Black's meticulous experiments and influential distxteries within the realm of chemistry. In this seminal treatise, Black focuses on the chemical properties of magnesia alba (magnesium carbonate) and quicklime (calcium oxide). Through rigorous experimentation, he explores the reactions of those alkaline substances with acids, imparting crucial insights into the character of chemical reactions. A highlight of Black's contributions is his identification and exploration of carbon dioxide gas at some stage in the reaction between magnesia alba and acids. This seminal distxtery laid the basis for the information of gases as wonderful chemical entities, revolutionizing the sphere of chemistry. Joseph Black's paintings on magnesia alba, quicklime, and alkaline substances notably advanced scientific knowledge, mainly within the knowledge of chemical reactions and the homes of gases. His influential experiments set the degree for future tendencies in chemistry, making ""Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and some other Alkaline Substances"" a foundational textual content inside the records of science."

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"Joseph Black was a Scottish physicist and chemist who made important distxteries about magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide. He was Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry at the University of Glasgow for ten years beginning in 1756, followed by Professor of Medicine and Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh beginning in 1766, where he taught and lectured for over 30 years. The chemistry buildings at both the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow are named for Black. Black was born ""on the banks of the river Garonne"" in Bordeaux, France, as the sixth of twelve children to Margaret Gordon and John Black. He was schooled at home until the age of 12, at which point he attended grammar school in Belfast. At the age of 18, he enrolled in the University of Glasgow, where he studied for four years before moving on to the University of Edinburgh to pursue his medical education. During his studies, he completed a doctorate thesis on the treatment of kidney stones with magnesium carbonate. His mother was from an Aberdeenshire family with connections to the wine industry, while his father was from Belfast, Ireland, and worked as a wine factor."

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