Joseph Priestley His Life and Times

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Joseph Priestley His Life and Times

• by
• Howard M. Peters
• Sally B. Peters
• AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
• Division of the History of Chemistry
• Philadelphia Annual Meeting
• August 25, 2004

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Priestleys Life and Accomplishments

• PART 1
• Period 1 1733 1776
• Early marriage to Mary Wilkinson
• Period 2 1776 1793
• The good and bad years
• Period 3 1793 1804
• Exile in America

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Genealogy Studies

• PART 2
• SAR History and Records
• DAR History and Records
• Peters family connection

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Fictional Accounts From Nicholas Pauls Journal

• PART 3
• 1796 Paul family / Newberry family / Arner
  family connections
• 1799 Paul family moves to Northumberland
  County, first contact with Priestley
• 1800 1804 Paul and Priestley connections

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Priestley

• LIFE, FAMILY, and RELIGION

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Priestley Scientific Contributions

• DISCOVERY OF 8 GASES
• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Carbon Monoxide
• Sulfur Dioxide
• Nitrous Oxide
• Nitric Oxide
• Hydrogen Chloride

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Priestley Additional Scientific Contributions

• Discovered the interconnection between
  photosynthesis and respiration
• Discovered carbonated water
• Discovered that India rubber removed graphite
  pencil marks - the first rubber eraser

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Priestley

• HIS POLITICS (1776 1793)

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Priestley

• THE FAMILY IN EXILE
• ESCAPE TO AMERICA
• (1793 1804)

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Priestleys US Landmark
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Priestleys GB Landmark
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Priestley House (U.S.)
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Priestley House (Landmark)
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Priestleys Lab (GB Landmark)
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Nicholas Paul

• Searching for the Ancestors and Descendants of
  Nicholas Paul (1748-1820) and Barbara Vass
  (1757-1823), Northampton County and
  Northumberland County, PA

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James Newbury

• Searching for the Ancestors and Descendants of
  James Newbury (1750-1830) and Sarah Guest
  (1764-1850), Northumberland County, PA

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Nicholas Paul SAR Genealogy
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Peters SAR Genealogy

• Available During Presentation

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Pennsylvania
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Centre County
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Blanchard
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Elmer and Marie Peters
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Elmer Peters1875 1922Emma Scantlin
Peters1879 1930
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Edward and Ellen Scantlin
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George and Emeline Miller
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John Bitner1802 1861Susan Orner Bitner1801
1880
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John and Elizabeth Orner
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John Orner
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Elizabeth Orner
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Pennsylvania
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Northumberland
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Riverview Cemetery
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Nicholas and Barbara Paul
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Nicholas and Barbara Paul
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Nicholas Paul
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Barbara Paul
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Joseph Priestley
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Part 3 Fictional Accounts From Nicholas Pauls
Journal

• 1796
• Jacob Arner finally got deed from Penn family
• Problem 21 year old son John interested in 17
  year old Elizabeth Paul

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Nicholas Pauls Journal

• July 30th, 1799
• Summer move to Northumberland County
• Warned James Newberry about Priestley and his
  inflammatory speech
• Pauls first meeting with Priestley
• April 5th, 1800
• Priestley seeking chickens, eggs and firewood

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Nicholas Pauls Journal

• July 18th, 1801
• Priestley goes to Philadelphia ill. Was he
  poisoned?
• October 13th, 1802
• Priestley weak
• December 1st, 1803
• Priestley bedridden

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Nicholas Pauls Journal

• February 6th, 1804
• Word from village that Priestley had died
• February 9th, 1804
• Bitter cold day, funeral attendance low

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Acknowledgements

• Sons of the American Revolution
• Daughters of the American Revolution
• Chemical Heritage Foundation
• Andrea Bashore President, Priestley House Museum
• Northumberland County Historical Society
• Justin Kirk Houser Centre County, PA Genealogist
• Daeron Katz Silent Planet Productions, Graphics