[HN Gopher] Joseph Priestley created revolutionary "maps" of time
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       Joseph Priestley created revolutionary "maps" of time
        
       Author : squeezer
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2024-04-17 16:43 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | divbzero wrote:
       | I always thought of Joseph Priestley as a strictly English figure
       | and was surprised to learn that he spent his final years in
       | Pennsylvania. Though Priestley discovered oxygen in England in
       | 1774, a centennial gathering at his house in Pennsylvania in 1874
       | led to the founding of the American Chemical Society [1].
       | 
       | [1]:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chemical_Society#Hist...
        
       | macintux wrote:
       | > When the book's plates required an illustrator, and he was
       | unable to find a satisfactory one, he taught himself perspective
       | drawing, then published a 1770 tutorial for aspiring artists
       | titled _A Familiar Introduction to the Theory and Practice of
       | Perspective_.
       | 
       | Shades of Knuth.
       | 
       | (For anyone unfamiliar with Donald Knuth's prodigious dives into
       | mathematical topography and related subjects,
       | https://yakshav.es/the-patron-saint-of-yakshaves/ is a highly
       | entertaining read. Even for those who _are_ familiar it's
       | entertaining.)
        
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