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Joseph Priestly
Title: Joseph Priestly
Category: Science & Technology
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Joseph Priestly
Joseph Priestly was an English chemist and a natural philosopher. He was born in Fieldhead, England on March 13, 1733 and died on February 6, 1804. He was the oldest of six children (three brothers and two sisters). His mother was a farmer’s daughter and his father was dresser and finisher of cloth. With his mother being so young and having children so quickly, Joseph was sent to live on his grandfather’s farm. After his mother’s …showed first 75 words of 452 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 452 total…Branches of Natural Phosophie.
Joseph discovered oxygen in 1774 with the help of Carl Scheele of Sweden. They called this gas dephlogisticated air, which was later named oxygen by Antoine Lavoisier. Joseph proved that oxygen was essential to combustion. He discovered that sparkling beverages and baths were simply water containing fixed air. His achievements won the Copley Medal for the Royal Society. Carbonated beverages that we drink today are traced back to Joseph’s experiments.
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