specific examples from Joseph Priestley’s experiment to explain the relationship between what he observed and what he inferred.
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Joseph Priestley was a famous philosopher of the 18th century, who is famous for his experiments with the air, optics, electricity and soda water. His work was considered to be quantitative because he believes in practical application.
His experiment that leads to the famous discovery of placing a mice in a closed container with the mercuric oxide. He comes to know that mice survived because of common air-oxygen. He then finds the use of oxygen in the process of respiration and its use in the blood.
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When Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in 1774, he answered age-old questions of why and how things burn. An Englishman by birth, Priestley was deeply involved in politics and religion, as well as science. When his vocal support for the American and French revolutions made remaining in his homeland dangerous, Priestley left England in 1794 and continued his work in America until his death.
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