Joseph Black

These included: changes to British patent laws which provided effective protection for those who came up with money-earning ideas; philosopher John Locke's arguments that man has rights to property where labour had been added; pioneering work on early steam engines by Savery, Newcomen and Papin; the discovery of latent heat by Watt's Glasgow University friend Joseph Black; and the ability to make industrial devices of real precision.

The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry and Invention by William Rosen 2010

Her husband of 59 years, Joseph Black, died in 2004.

William P. Ladson; David R. Coughlin; Betty Sorensen-Sheffield; Hazel A. Black 2010

Joseph Black read the first, as Hutton, most likely, was either sick or nervous.

Hutton, James 2009

Daniel Joseph Black, United States Marine Corps, 2000 to 2005 (served in Fallujah, Iraq, as well as Kuwait) and a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, spoke brilliantly about how he discovered after his tours in Iraq, that the war was illegal and immoral.

Want to End the War? Talk to the Troops 2008

As was his physician, Joseph Black, known for his frugal habits, skeletal appearance, pallor, and green umbrella.

American Connections James Burke 2007

As was his physician, Joseph Black, known for his frugal habits, skeletal appearance, pallor, and green umbrella.

American Connections James Burke 2007

She decided, since it would get her out of any type of food preparation, she had enough time to make a trip to Town Hall, and start digging on Joseph Black.

Blood Brothers Roberts, Nora 2007

He derived the name from the mineral called alumina, which itself had only been named in English by the chemist Joseph Black in 1790.

languagehat.com: TRAI(T). 2005

It was the matter of a minute to find Joseph Black — then he waited in the booth while central called the number.

The Beautiful and Damned 2003

And Joseph Black, who discovered carbon dioxide, wasn't a chemist.

Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994