, 1874-08-01
JOSEPH P7tESTLEY
Tho Disooverer Of 0zygen.Gas, and
tile Founder Of Modern
Chemistry.
Centennial Celebration In England
and the United States.
a Sketch Of the Career Of tho Eminent
Scientist and Advocate Of
Human Liberty,

II
Ut IN thaa lht dhJ OF August A. D., 1874. the
ii will bs erected III Birmingham. Eno,and y, y
Ii uiuont to tho honor of 11o
l. IN. JOSEPH pn,rsr,rr
70 On tue same day. 1T Nortbun,berland n.
IT tne onlIoa states,-tho town In which priostlt
il died III 1904 mud noar the briarrou,d l., ~.
!. bis bones now lie, not marked bv ov "nr'
monuments will be- ncnto,n;s, 3 Ga,asa ua,us
= t,nu ,on,,,,o..',,.. 4 W " eonsennlal Coa1r'
: a, s.ou, sell'nonola'lhs, not only tho life ali
"ofHs OF Pf1ostcy, but tho birth OF tho eeinnca
: moaern Chemistry. On tho lst isv of arn,,.
1774, LOO ycsru ago, Joseph prlost1oy ,,,acoxana
r.t,'roi aa,,n.,..1,s wv s't'pie elements in lh
na'afai constitution or mattor, fslen for tho lre
tlme identified as suoh aud that t'iscovrrv !
, admitted to bo Tho germ tn the growth Of i,
ta Nv ''.,y ~, 10 Wa' thon living undo
wu.aass rt.oqso VI s'o MARQUIS OF Lanat1owne, i,
".tsullo England nominally as his librarian
nut Actually an literary companion: the M,r,ui
| gonerouBly md for The caruc ~ a,;,, -
inn him nm .l,o,yorco u,u,o,".t oo' rN Rfant
support or hi,nsu,f ,nd rns,,,., 10y sns eega,'
aapto,s u '''asoli aha l"maly, that he nigh
apee'a'ly gaso hls time to philosophical export
nlents
in tbo nrocrosa ~ ,,,. sa,,'.';,, 7ao'
i.,o'..,s, p'oh.e'' :" '1e acquisition Of human
hnowicaso' ana also III Testimony to Tho worth
ano alsco'efer' TINT tl'lB monument Is erected
tile sams tina tasca n,aco =, ~. aun 1T',,.aa ~. OF
Ir,,o forr,,. l., A.. :. ..o o''itou otaees'
,n.oxs as'' ,~ 80 .u0 oou"1s5 81 ti'a naAvlty and
where lie spent tho most useful period of h1s
life; tho latter tl1e country in which l,e diea.
which 10 sought as al apylrn, in exa mr., t,.aa
sm9 h,notea poonl9 1oin now IN this honorable
n"u juss 81 1ess'oa,a 20 quo man they once re
ua o. ols' ous ~ unworthy Ihero nevor
aud plnce, for tile observance Of 4 cnromonv o ~
rsudur honor and t,u,;co ~ Aot''o''J ~
;. ,.onr,,y y, ,na'.sv ,,n 49,, w
! ., ".'4 Nnhh AND NOZZLE cAu8E.
| ana yet these ceremonies will provo, more
| directly than my similar event in modern t,nca
tho pcrpots,al tluth of TINT scr,nturo,
human not,ro, t,,,. t,,. '"' rsn.u pof's"'s OK
prophets. md tho ohlron o'a t,.i,a s,. s.oae tno
r. ass..,, ~"4 Wv o"''uien oulla the'r tombs.
This good reason After pront,ov 1,na oa.'sa ~.
upon humanity tho t,roat 1,oon ~
kay 10 Chem;strv and h,rno< d..stss ~ ~, .ts'
tb,s for to tho ;rst~na.;on 80 aesotoa Ala 1lte
t"' IN W 'Ao ii's'auctlon ana elevation OF His
le'low-cfeat'lrns, ho removed to BIRMINGHAM.
mid hccanlo preacher to at Indaponlnnf on,,'
grcgation in tl,at city. Hero In 3afon.,,d ~
cause Of religious liberty in that aar.aat e' 'ue
ro%Sfau manner IN Which ho defended eycry
E"o1 cause aga'hht M oct Of Tarlianlent called
s1o ~ 6 neat aet WHICH wns 81 Oppressive law asalnst
Ia,H, " oeAotetoat1oAs. Lee ny 10 doing,
oeeo'"o ....
o'!AMftoN or nEtto1ous FREEDOM
against chnre+and.ssato. 1Io thcro brought
th'wn upon hi!nsolf personally tho hostility OF
me Church and goyorninR pnrty This wus tur-
ms tho Fronch Revolution, when theological
nisnaoa were intensified by tic political anmoa-
ltioa OF tho Limos. There wore mcn III England |
VINO sy1nnathlzed with tho cause of civil liberty.
VINO i4ad Nc sympathy fnr any religion, md woro
nude hnshlo by tho blgotry of tho times The |
ann1Ie5aarY ot tho capture. Of tue Bastile on
tlo l4th Of July, 179l was being celebrated at
birmingham. wien Q mob assembled. aud. al.
tGs "ss Dr. Dr. p1;tosloy lad nothing to do with that
GeloDra1on Se n-ho waA simply hated by the people
ior belns prominent advocate OF equal rights
IN 1elision,-tl'ey proceeded to his house and
het 'rs t. It. ana mli Il were DESTROYED iii h,s
and philosophical Appatntus. TIcy,
also burned tho chapel in which he prcacI.ed.
aug aovoFai OF tho meotlng-houses Of tho Dis.
sentets. From this ns4nult OH his rights lie was
[orcau to leave Birmingham. aud, two or three
years attor, ho was moved to