Chemist no. 7 of 350 · Inorganic

Joseph Priestley

1733-1804United Kingdom

Isolated oxygen and other gases

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The discovery, explained

Joseph Priestley and the Discovery of Oxygen: From "Fixed Air" to Soda Water

How Priestley prepared oxygen from mercuric oxide in 1774, made soda water and showed plants restore air. Equations and exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Joseph Priestley: Minister, Teacher and Discoverer of Oxygen

Life of Joseph Priestley: Yorkshire childhood, Dissenting minister, discovery of oxygen, Birmingham riots, exile in America and lessons for chemistry students.

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Academic lineage

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