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Wikipedia: Joseph Priestley (13 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, although Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Antoine Lavoisier also have a claim to the discovery. During his lifetime, Priestley's considerable scientific reputation rested on his invention of soda water, his writings on electricity, and his discovery of several "airs" (gases), the most famous being what Priestley dubbed "dephlogisticated air" (oxygen).
![[Burning three]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Priestley_Riots_painting_s.jpg "Burning three")
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![["A Word of Comfort" by William Dent]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/A_Word_of_Comfort2_s.jpg "\"A Word of Comfort\" by William Dent")
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![[Engraving of assorted scientific equipment, such as a pneumatic trough]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Priestley_Joseph_pneumatic_trough_s.jpg "Engraving of assorted scientific equipment, such as a pneumatic trough")
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![[Black-and-white drawing of a two-story brick house along a road.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PriestleyBirthplace_s.jpg "Black-and-white drawing of a two-story brick house along a road.")
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![[Photograph of a laboratory, with glass]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bowood_House_laboratory_s.jpg "Photograph of a laboratory, with glass")
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![[Caricature of man in frock coat and wig trampling on sacred documents and burning others]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PriestleyCartoon_s.jpg "Caricature of man in frock coat and wig trampling on sacred documents and burning others")
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![[A picture of Joseph Priestley]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shelburne_s.jpg "A picture of Joseph Priestley")
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![[An illustration of a machine that generated electricity through a wheel and attached to the side of a table]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Familiar_Introduction_to_Electricity_by_Joseph_Priestly_2C_plate_7_s.jpg "An illustration of a machine that generated electricity through a wheel and attached to the side of a table")
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![[Page reads: "An Essay on the First Principles of Government, and on the Nature of Political, Civil, and...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PriestleyFirstPrinciples_s.jpg "Page reads: \"An Essay on the First Principles of Government, and on the Nature of Political, Civil, and...")
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