Joseph Priestley: Discoverer of OxygenNext time you force carbonate your keg think of Joseph Priestly. Seems he was the first to perfect a way to artificially carbonate liquid. If you read the article above from the American Chemical Society you'll see he did much more than that.
Other related links:
- Wikipedia article about Joseph Priestley.
- Priestley is also mentioned in Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Appellations of a different nature
- as well as Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - The local down in your pint
- interesting passage from History of Industrial Gases describing his experimentation at brewery in Leeds, England
- another mention in a piece called Yorkshire Square's in the Sam Smith's portion of Merchant du Vin site
2 comments:
... and the Priestly House historical site is just up river (Northumberland, PA) from Selinsgrove brewery.
Coincidence?
I think not!
Heheh...that's right I guess I could have guessed you would weigh in on this one :-)
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