1750 ⟶ Black Describes Latent Heat

Joseph Black: describes latent heat.
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🔥 Black Describes Latent Heat

Joseph Black: describes latent heat.⟶
Black Describes Latent Heat (1750)
PhysicsHeatLatent HeatBlackThermodynamicsCalorimetryEighteenth CenturyScientific Discovery
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🌡️ Joseph Black Formulates Latent Heat Concept

Joseph Black formulates the concept of latent heat to explain the thermochemistry of phase changes.⟶
Joseph Black Formulates Latent Heat Concept (1758)
ThermochemistryHeatPhase ChangesJoseph Black18th CenturyThermodynamicsLatent Heat
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🔥 Fourier Develops Heat Equation

Joseph Fourier: Heat equation⟶
Fourier Develops Heat Equation (1822)
MathematicsPhysicsHeat EquationJoseph Fourier19th Century MathematicsThermodynamicsDifferential EquationsHeat Transfer
FranceFrance

⚫ Kirchhoff's Work on Black Body Radiation

Gustav Kirchhoff: Black body⟶
Kirchhoff's Work on Black Body Radiation (1861)
Black Body RadiationPhysicsGustav KirchhoffThermodynamicsElectromagnetism19th Century ScienceTheoretical PhysicsRadiation
GermanyGermany

⚫ Suggestion of Black Hole Entropy

Jacob Bekenstein: Black Hole Entropy suggested⟶
Suggestion of Black Hole Entropy (1972)
PhysicsTheoretical PhysicsBlack HoleEntropyJacob BekensteinThermodynamicsGeneral Relativity1970s
IsraelIsrael