i really like the chart but not in this article jeff dahl could you explain why it is one of the most influential and popular works jp published awadewit talk yes the work was influential that is why we have the sentence the trustees of warrington were so impressed with priestley's lectures and charts that they arranged for the university of edinburgh to grant him a doctor of law degree in you could even say impressed with priestley's lectures on history a chart of biography and a new chart of history that they arranged keeping the image is okay but i would cut down the prose but that sentence doesn't really demonstrate the work's influence priestley's degree is not really important at all priestley also designed visual study aides for his lectures on history a chart of biography and a new chart of history according to priestley they impressed upon students a just image of the rise progress extent duration and contemporary state of all the considerable empires that have ever existed in the world both charts had accompanying prose descriptions and were popular for decades a new chart of history had gone through fifteen editions by the trustees of warrington were so impressed with priestley's lectures and charts that they arranged for the university of edinburgh to grant him a doctor of law degree in there are currently four sentences on the charts one introducing them one explaining them one detailing their reception and one providing a conclusion transition of sorts what about this new version priestley also designed two charts to serve as visual study aides for his lectures on history which impressed upon students a just image of the rise progress extent duration and contemporary state of all the considerable empires that have ever existed in the world both charts were popular for decades and the the trustees of warrington were so impressed with priestley's lectures and charts that they arranged for the university of edinburgh to grant him a doctor of law degree in talk