B. Priestley on " Britain and the Nuclear Bombs ", which was critical of Aneurin Bevan for changing his mind about nuclear weapons and ceasing to advocate unilateral nuclear disarmament by Britain.

The " puzzle " approach was carried even further into ingenious and seemingly impossible plots by John Dickson Carr — also writing as Carter Dickson — who is regarded as the master of the " locked room mystery ", and Cecil Street, who also wrote as John Rhode, whose detective, Dr. Priestley, specialised in elaborate technical devices, while in the US the whodunnit was adopted and extended by Rex Stout and Ellery Queen, among others.

For example, An Inspector Calls, as well as being a " Time Play ", contains many references to socialism — the inspector was arguably an alter ego through which Priestley could express his views.

The doyen of English critics, Ernest Newman, praised it highly: " here is a composer with real talent for opera ... in Mr. Priestley he has been fortunate enough to find an English Boito ", but generally it received a polite rather than a rapturous reception.

British natural philosopher and theologian Joseph Priestley is depicted preaching from atop a pile of his own works, in a pulpit made from a barrel inscribed " FANATICISM ", to Fox seated in a box pew.

Both Price and Priestley were what would now vaguely be called " Unitarians ", though they occupied respectively the opposing extreme positions of that school.

JB Priestley, writing of Gateshead in his " An English Journey " ( 1934 ) said that " no true civilisation could have produced such a town ", adding that it appeared to have been designed " by an enemy of the human race ".

He defended himself and Priestley in various pamphlets, such as the " Extinguisher Maker ", " T. Sobersides ", and " High Church Politics ".

The first major international cricket played in the West Indies was between local, often predominantly white, sides and English tourists – the Middlesex player Robert Slade Lucas toured the West Indies with a team in 1894 – 95, and two years later Arthur Priestley took a team to Barbados, Trinidad, and Jamaica, which included, for the first time, a match against a side styled " All West Indies ", which the West Indians won.

Joseph Priestley himself was driven from the town, leaving England entirely for the United States in 1794, William Withering's house was invaded by rioters and Matthew Boulton and James Watt had to arm their employees to protect the Soho Manufactory.

Adams himself preferred Unitarian preachers, but he was opposed to Joseph Priestley's sympathies with the French Revolution, and would attend other churches if the only nearby Congregational / Unitarian one was composed of followers of Priestley.

Priestley himself, however, was distrustful of the state and dogma.

However, in Journey Through England, Priestley identified himself as a Little Englander because he despised imperialism and the effect that the capitalist industrial revolution had on the people and environment.

Joseph Priestley himself is believed to have stayed at the ' Three Tuns ' following the destruction of his home in the riots.

Priestley himself had written a pamphlet, An Account of a Society for Encouraging the Industrious Poor ( 1787 ), on how best to extract the most work for the smallest amount of money from the poor.

Initially chaired by Priestley, he stepped down after just a few months, unable to reconcile himself with the politics of Acland – who as a sitting MP had undue influence within the party.

The new doctrine received warm support from some, as William Law and Priestley, who both, like Hume and Hartley himself, took the principle of association as having the like import for the science of mind that gravitation had acquired for the science of matter.

I thank you heartily for the pamphlet, and for the authorities you give me for the doctrines I have sworn by, long and long since: I know not how long, they have been my creed: I believe, before even my happiness in your acquaintance and friendship, tho ' they have certainly been strengthen'd and confirm'd by your conversation and instruction — in support of these principles I trust I shall ever act, and I shall continue to attempt their general propagation ;— whether by the best means, is matter of speculation: but by the best, according to my judgement — nothing can make me a disciple of Paine or Priestley, nor any thing induce me to proclaim, that I am not so, but in the mode I myself think the best to resist their mischief — private conversation and private insinuation may best suit the extent of my abilities, the turn of my temper, and the nature of my character ...

B. Priestley ’ s 1930 novel Angel Pavement: In October 1978 vocalist Danny Wigley expressed the motivation driving the Desperate Bicycles ' independent stance: “ The biggest hurdle is just believing you ’ ve still got some control over your life, that you can go out and do it ”.

Lavoisier discovered that Henry Cavendish's " inflammable air ," which Lavoisier had termed hydrogen ( Greek for " water-former "), combined with oxygen to produce a dew which, as Joseph Priestley had reported, appeared to be water.

B. Priestley had written about England north of the Trent, sparking an interest in reportage.

Priestley had been closely associated with the group's activities for over a decade and was a strong advocate of the benefits of scientific societies.

A letter to Joseph Priestley, in January 1800, indicated that he had been planning the University for decades before its founding.

Dissenters such as Joseph Priestley who had endorsed the arguments of the Rights of Man turned away from those presented in The Age of Reason.

* British — Ashton, Helen: Pierrot in Town ( 1913 ); Barrington, Pamela: White Pierrot ( 1932 ); Callaghan, Stella: " Pierrot and the Black Cat " ( 1921 ), Pierrot of the World ( 1923 ); Deakin, Dorothea: The Poet and the Pierrot ( 1905 ); Herring, Paul: The Pierrots on the Pier: A Holiday Entertainment ( 1914 ); Priestley, J. B .: The Good Companions ( 1929 ; plot follows fortunes of a Pierrot troupe, The Dinky Doos ; has had many adaptations, for stage, screen, TV, and radio ).

However, his first publication, A Chemical Treatise on Air and Fire, was not released until 1777, at which time both Joseph Priestley and Lavoisier had already published their experimental data and conclusions concerning oxygen and the phlogiston theory.

The Priestley Commission principle of pay comparability with the private sector had been abandoned in February 1982.

Priestley had a deep love of classical music, and in 1941 he played an important part in organising and supporting a fund-raising campaign on behalf of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which was struggling to establish itself as a self-governing body after the withdrawal of Sir Thomas Beecham.

Priestley said of his time here, " On the whole I spent my life more happily at Hackney than I had ever done before ".

In 1898, Brian married Isabel Priestley, by whom he had five children.

Joseph Priestley, after he had fled to America and not long before his death, wrote a letter that was read to the American Philosophical Society in 1803.

B. Priestley had been friends for many years, and they agreed to collaborate on an opera, despite their lack of any operatic experience.

Though Marcello Malpighi and Stephen Hales had shown that much of the substance of plants must be obtained from the atmosphere, no progress was made until Charles Bonnet observed on leaves plunged in aerated water bubbles of gas, which Joseph Priestley recognized as oxygen.

Priestley found water thus treated had a pleasant taste, and he offered it to friends as a cool, refreshing drink.

When Joseph Priestley came to Birmingham in 1780, he found an able assistant in Keir, who had discovered the distinction between carbon dioxide gas and atmospheric air.

Subsequently, the Unitarian of Christianity was continued by, most notably, Joseph Priestley, who had emigrated to the United States and was a friend of both James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, the latter of whom sometimes attended services at Priestley's congregation in Philadelphia.

After the riots, however, scientist and clergyman Joseph Priestley argued in his An Appeal to the Public on the Subject of the Birmingham Riots ( 1791 ) that this cooperation had not in fact been as amicable as generally believed.

Priestley revealed that disputes over the local library, Sunday Schools, and church attendance had divided Dissenters from Anglicans.

The events which precipitated the Priestley Riots came less than a month after the attempted flight and arrest of the French Royal family, and at a point when much of the early promise of the Revolution had already dissipated.

Initially Priestley wanted to return and deliver a sermon on the Bible verse " Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do ," but he was dissuaded by friends convinced that it was too dangerous.

Although he had been forced to send troops to Birmingham to quell the disturbances, King George III commented, " I cannot but feel better pleased that Priestley is the sufferer for the doctrines he and his party have instilled, and that the people see them in their true light.

However, his success in non-televised events was considerably better including an appearance in the Bristol Players Championship final – losing 3 – 2 to Dennis Priestley.