joseph priestley

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   English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804)

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What does joseph priestley mean?

joseph priestley means "English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804)".

What is another word for joseph priestley?

Close synonyms include Priestley. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is joseph priestley a common word?

joseph priestley is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.