Joseph Priestley, oxygen, and the enlightenment.
@article{West2014JosephPO, title={Joseph Priestley, oxygen, and the enlightenment.}, author={John B West}, journal={American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology}, year={2014}, volume={306 2}, pages={ L111-9 } }
Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) was the first person to report the discovery of oxygen and describe some of its extraordinary properties. As such he merits a special place in the history of respiratory physiology. In addition his descriptions in elegant 18th-century English were particularly arresting, and rereading them never fails to give a special pleasure. The gas was actually first prepared by Scheele (1742–1786) but his report was delayed. Lavoisier (1743–1794) repeated Priestley's initial…
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