Joseph Priestly:
(Abbey Lloyd and Alexis Leonard)
o Went to school to be a minister
o Returned to theology to prove Christian facts scientifically
o He taught natural philosophy to his students and brought in scientific
instruments for them.
o Promoted education of middle-class women
o He was the first to discover that electrical force followed an inverse-square law.
o Accepted into the Royal Society
o He is best known for isolating Oxygen in its gaseous state.
o Invented soda water.