Joseph Priestley: Trail-blazing Experimenter
1730 - 1880 (c.)
Image: Print of Joseph Priestley, 1782, showing examples of scientific equipment beneath the portrait.
Image from: Joseph Priestley Collection by Samuel Timmins, Birmingham City Archives.
Text: Goronwy Tudor Jones
Summary
This article was originally presented in a public day school, “Joseph Priestley and Birmingham” organised by the Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Birmingham on Saturday 28 February 2004. Gron Tudor Jones explores Priestley’s contribution to scientific knowledge and experimentation.
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Joseph Priestley: Trail-blazing Experimenter
The First Thirty-one Years
Priestley’s Religion and Metaphysics
Setting the Scientific Scene
Electricity in Warrington
Leeds: Soft Drinks
Leeds: Photosynthesis; Biology becomes Botany and Zoology
Bowood House: Discovery of Oxygen; Respiratory Science
Birmingham: Water; more on Respiration
Conclusion
Sources and Further Reading
Joseph Priestley: A Guide to Further Study and Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
