THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE. 



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THE PEOGEESS OF SCIENCE. 



THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH 

 OF PRIESTLEY. 

 Priestley died on February 6, 1804, 

 and the centenary of his death has been 

 commemorated in Great Britain and 

 in the United States. Thirty years 

 ago the centenary of the discovery of 



oxygen was celebrated, and at that time 

 this magazine published several arti- 

 cles on the life and work of Priestley. 

 In the issue for August, 1874, a bio- 

 graphical sketch and an appreciation by 

 Dr. John W. Draper will be found. An 

 address given by Huxley on the occasion 



Joseph Priestley. 



