O Oxygen, Priestley’s discovery of, [184], [192] et seq.

P Paoli, Pascal, [70] et seq. Parr, Dr Samuel, [113], [144]. Phlogisticated Air (Nitrogen), Priestley’s theory of its constitution, [220]. Phlogiston, [98], [100], [162], [214], [222]. Pneumatic Trough, the, [176]. Price, Dr Richard, [61]. Pringle, Sir John, address on award of Copley Medal to Priestley, [80]. Priestley, Jonas, father of Joseph Priestley, [2]. Priestley, Joseph, his birth, [1]; ancestry, [2]; education, [8]; becomes an Arminian, [14]; goes to Daventry, [17]; his studies there, [18]; begins his Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion, [20], [68]; his “thorn in the flesh,” [21]; goes to Needham, [22]; his privations there, [23]; goes to Nantwich, [30]; starts a school, [31]; removes to Warrington, [32]; marries, [47]; is ordained, [49]; his English Grammar, [32], [51]; Essay on Education, [53]; Lectures on History and General Policy, [55]; his Chart of Biography, [60]; is made Doctor of Laws of Edinburgh, [60]; publishes his History and Present State of Electricity, [64]; goes to Leeds, [66]; becomes a Unitarian, [69]; Theory and Practice of Perspective, [72]; History of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light and Colours, [73]; his literary characteristics, [74]; his invention of soda-water, [77] et seq.; is awarded the Copley Medal, [80]; becomes librarian to Lord Shelburne, [82]; visits the continent, [84]; his Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit, [86]; Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air, [77], [103]; leaves Lord Shelburne, [88]; removes to Birmingham, [93]; his merits as a preacher, [105]; his History of the Corruptions of Christianity, [106]; his merits as a theologian, [109]; his love of literature, [111]; his physical characteristics, [114]; his habits of life, [114]; his mental characteristics, [117]; destruction of his house at Birmingham, [120] et seq.; his address to the inhabitants of Birmingham, [134]; his account of the riots, [143]; succeeds Dr Price as minister at Hackney, [146]; withdraws from the Royal Society, [147]; determines to leave the country, [149]; his arrival in New York, [155]; settles in Northumberland, [155]; death of Mrs Priestley, [158]; his last days, [162]; his Doctrine of Phlogiston Established, [162]; his death, [164]. Priestley, Timothy, [2], [7].

R Respiration, and the use of the Blood, Priestley’s paper on, [203]. Robinson, Henry Crabb, his account of Mrs Barbauld, [46]. Russell, Martha, her account of the Birmingham Riots of 1791, [128]. Russell, William, [105], [126], [149].

S Sal Ammoniac, Synthesis of, by Priestley, [186]. Scheele, an independent discoverer of Oxygen, [206]; discovers Chlorine, [211]. Schimmelpenninck’s, Mrs, account of Priestley, [96]. Seddon, John, [34], [42]. Shelburne, Lord (Marquis of Lansdowne), [82]. Silicon Fluoride, Priestley’s preparation of, [198]; its decomposition by water, [199]. Soda-water, invention of, [77]. Sound in Air, [211]. Sozzini, Fausto, [69], [108]. Stahl, author of the hypothesis of phlogiston, [222]. Sulphur dioxide (Vitriolic Acid Air), Priestley’s discovery of, [190]. Sulphurated inflammable air (sulphuretted hydrogen), Priestley’s isolation of, [218]. Sulphuretted hydrogen, Priestley’s isolation of, [218].

T Taylor, Dr John, of Norwich, [36]. Theological Repository, the, [68], [105]. Turner, Matthew, teacher of chemistry at the Warrington Academy, [51], [76].

V Vegetation, relation of to Air, Priestley’s discovery of, [178], [208]. Vitriolic Acid Air (sulphur dioxide), Priestley’s isolation of, [189].

W Warrington Academy, the, [33] et seq. Water Controversy, the, [97]. Watt, James, his connection with the Lunar Society, [94]; discovery of Composition of Water, [97]. Wedgwood, Josiah, his friendship for Priestley, [55], [83], [137]. Wilkes and Liberty, Priestley’s pamphlet on, [73], [152]. Wilkinson, John, [48], [138]. Wilkinson, Mary (Mrs Priestley), [49], [158]; Madame Belloc’s account of her, [49]. Withering, Dr, [94], [101], [148]. Wordsworth, William, his admiration of Mrs Barbauld’s literary work, [46].

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