Priestley, Joseph

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• Considerations on the Doctrine of Phlogiston and the Decomposition of Water: 1796 - http://webserver.lemoyne.edu/faculty/giunta/phlogiston.html
• Paper given by Priestley giving a summary of reasons to doubt the new antiphlogistic theory and retain that of phlogiston. Original text in HTML format, includes a glossary of archaic chemical terms .
• Jesus, Socrates, and Others - http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/jeff1120.htm
• Text of a letter written to Priestly in by Thomas jefferson in 1803 .
• Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit (1777) - http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/printedbooksnew/index.cfm?textid=priestley_disq_sel&pageposition=1
• Complete text and image facsimile of the book . Held by: Department of Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania .
• Joseph Priestley on Making Carbonated Water (1772) - http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/chem-history/priestley-1772/priestley-1772-start.html
• A fascimile of a 22-page pamphlet written and printed in 1772.
• Joseph Priestley, 1733-1804 - http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/priestley.html
• A lecture treating Priestley's life and work.
• Chemical Achievers - Joseph Priestley - http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/forerunners/priestley.html
• A biography with photographs, drawings, cartoons and links to related resources .