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THE story of Priestley's life has been told and retold; but to the man of science it is always an attractive story, and to the general reader its appeal is perhaps scarcely less strong. To the chemist there is a never-failing interest in reading how this village minister, theological controversialist, and political reformer, who had no special scientific training and no particular facilities for experimentation, nevertheless was drawn to chemical studies, and acquired a just and lasting fame by his brilliant discoveries.
Joseph Priestley.
By D. H. Peacock. (Pioneers of Progress. Men of Science.) Pp. 63. (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: New York: The Macmillan Co., 1919.) Price 2s. net.
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SIMMONDS, C. Joseph Priestley . Nature 103, 463 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103463a0
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