Centennial celebrations mark the discovery of oxygen, and a physicist shares ideas about why the pyramids were built, in our weekly dip into Nature's archive.
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A special gala celebration at the Joseph Priestley House Museum will recognize the 250th anniversary of Priestley's discovery of oxygen.
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The scientist who discovered oxygen 250 years ago will be honoured with a mural to mark the anniversary. Joseph Priestley made the...
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Joseph Priestley is perhaps best remembered for his science - especially in Wiltshire, where he captured oxygen 250 years ago this month.
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Story of the "Birmingham Riots", "Church and King Riots", or the "Priestley Riots" that took place in Birmingham in 1791 and the resources available via...
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18th-century chemist Joseph Priestley at last month's American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia.
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Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) usually makes an appearance in histories of science as the person who isolated and described eight “airs” (gasses), including...
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Ronald Blatchley, retired Mifflinburg Area High School chemistry teacher, marvels at the fact that he can now perform experiments as a re-enactor in Joseph...
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NORTHUMBERLAND -- Joseph Priestley is best known for discovering oxygen, but the man who lived in Northumberland borough in the 1790s is...
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NORTHUMBERLAND — On Aug. 1, 1774, Joseph Priestley was experimenting in his lab in England when he made a discovery that would become his...
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