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Joseph Black
Joseph Black, detail of an engraving by J. Rogers after a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn
The publication by Joseph Black concerning the effect of lime on alkaline salts is titled "An Explanation of the Effect of Lime upon Alkaline Salts," which appeared in Francis Homeās Experiments on Bleaching (1771).1
This work represents Black's only substantial publication regarding an industrial process. It should be noted that this is distinct from his earlier, more famous 1755 paper, "Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and Some Other Alcaline Substances," which detailed his foundational research on alkalinity and the discovery of "fixed air".12