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PRIESTLEY'S most important scientific wort was the result of a further development of the experimental technique available in his day for the manipulation of gases. This led him to the discovery of a number of new gases, and the creation of a special branch of chemistry called in the older books “Pneumatic Chemistry”. The ascertained facts enabled Lavoisier to make such changes in the theory of chemistry that he may fairly be called the founder of the science as we know it to-day.
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PARTINGTON, J. The Scientific Work of Joseph Priestley. Nature 131, 348–350 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131348a0
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