Joseph Priestley, 1733-1804 / by Robert Martin Caven.

  • Caven, R. M. (Robert Martin), 1870-1934
Date:
1933
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Credit: Joseph Priestley, 1733-1804 / by Robert Martin Caven. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JOSEPH PRIESTLEY 1733—1804 By Robert Martin Caven, D.Sc., F.I.C. (.Member of Council.) I counted it a great honour to be asked by the Council of the Institute of Chemistry to deliver a lecture in commemoration of the bicentenary of the birth of Joseph Priestley. I undertook the task of preparation with much pleasure, and my interest in the theme has increased as the work has proceeded. I hope Birthplace of Priestley. that, as the result of the time we spend together, you will fully share with me the admiration I feel for the subject of our study. As you entered this building to-night you passed under the figure of a man dressed in the style of a hundred and fifty years ago, and seated in an attitude of thoughtfulness, with a scroll across his knees. You may see the same hgure above the door¬ way in the design of the cover of the Institute’s Journal and Proceedings. This is Joseph Priestley, whose image is thus set to watch perpetually over the doings of our Institute.
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