The History and Present State of Electricity, With Original Experiments, by Joseph Priestley, ... The Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged

Joseph Priestley

About Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. 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)....

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