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THE study of the history of a science is of great importance not only from a psychological point of view, but also as throwing light on the present position of the science. In science, as in other natural products which have grown, we find survivals which can only be understood when the development is known. Such historical studies may very conveniently be associated with the biographies of the great scientific leaders under whom progress has been made, and whose individual mental peculiarities have left permanent impressions. I intend on this occasion to direct your attention to the life and work of Dr. Joseph Black both because he was one of the first to give to chemistry the direction which it still preserves, and because his life is of special interest to us as Edinburgh students of chemistry.
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JOSEPH BLACK 1 . Nature 18, 346–347 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018346a0
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