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Joseph Priestley. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1789, after J. Hazlitt.

Joseph Priestley. Line engraving.

Joseph Priestley (above) and Antoine Lavoisier (below) Line engraving by R. Caldwall, 1801, after J. Opie and J.-L. David.

Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

Joseph Priestley. Stipple engraving by G. Stodart after J. F. Williamson, 1874.

Joseph Priestley. Stipple engraving by Holl.

Joseph Priestley. Line engraving by W. Angus.

Joseph Priestley. Line engraving by T. Holloway, 1795, after W. Artaud.

Joseph Priestley. Line engraving, 1807.

Joseph Priestley. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after himself.

Joseph Priestley, man of science, 1733-1804 : an iconography of a great Yorkshireman / John McLachlan.

Joseph Priestley. Line engraving by W. Bromley, 1791.

The republican solidarity of Joseph Priestley and Thomas Paine; indicated by the grinning devil that links them. Etching by I. Cruikshank, 1792.

Joseph Priestley's American education / Robert E. Schofield.

Experiments and observations on different kinds of air, and other branches of natural philosophy, connected with the subject ... / being the former six volumes abridged and methodized, with many additions. By Joseph Priestley.

The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments / [Joseph Priestley].

The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments / By Joseph Priestley.

Farther experiments relating to the decomposition of dephlogisticated and inflammable air. Read April 7, 1791 / by Joseph Priestley.

Philosophical empiricism : containing remarks on a charge of plagiarism respecting Dr. H----s, interspersed with various observations relating to different kinds of air / by Joseph Priestley.

Heads of lectures on a course of experimental philosophy, particularly including chemistry, delivered at the new college in Hackney / by Joseph Priestley.

The discovery of oxygen, part 1. : experiments / by Joseph Priestley, LL.D. (1775).

Directions for impregnating water with fixed air : in order to communicate to it the peculiar spirit and virtues of Pyrmont water, and other mineral waters of a similar nature / By Joseph Priestley.

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Farther experiments relating to the decomposition of dephlogisticated and inflammable air. Read April 7, 1791 / by Joseph Priestley.

Philosophical empiricism : containing remarks on a charge of plagiarism respecting Dr. H----s, interspersed with various observations relating to different kinds of air / by Joseph Priestley.

Heads of lectures on a course of experimental philosophy, particularly including chemistry, delivered at the new college in Hackney / by Joseph Priestley.

The discovery of oxygen, part 1. : experiments / by Joseph Priestley, LL.D. (1775).

Directions for impregnating water with fixed air : in order to communicate to it the peculiar spirit and virtues of Pyrmont water, and other mineral waters of a similar nature / By Joseph Priestley.