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Joseph Priestley lived in Calne from 1772 - 1780

Pictures and Photographs. Click on any one for enlargement.

Calne and Priestley's house

Priestley's house from across the Calne Green
Priestley's house
Plaque on fron door to Priestley's house
The Doctor's Pond - named for Joseph Priestley

Bowood, just a few miles west of Calne

In this room, once Priestley's lab, oxygen was discovered on 1 August 1774
Another view of the lab.

Earl of Shelburn, owner of Bowood House

the grounds at Bowood
the grounds at Bowood
the garden at Bowood
Bowood

Bowood

in the garden at Bowood House

the burning lens Priestley used to convert mercury clax into dephlogisticated air

Priestley's lab at Bowood as it appeared in an engraving from 1777; from Priestley’s book Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

In this room, once Priestley's lab, oxygen was discovered on 1 August 1774	Another view of the lab.		Earl of Shelburn, owner of Bowood House
the grounds at Bowood	the grounds at Bowood	the garden at Bowood	Bowood
Bowood	in the garden at Bowood House	the burning lens Priestley used to convert mercury clax into dephlogisticated air	Priestley's lab at Bowood as it appeared in an engraving from 1777; from Priestley’s book Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air