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Portrait of Joseph Priestley

  • 1892

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Half-length portrait of English clergyman and natural philosopher Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). Notably, Priestley discovered oxygen.

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Priestley, Joseph. “Portrait of Joseph Priestley.” Scientific Correspondence of Joseph Priestley. New York, New York: Collins Printing House, 1892. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/o5jbl7z.

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