He used a magnifying glass to focus the sun’s rays on a sample of mercury(ll) oxide (HgO) to discover that heating this compound produced a gas, oxygen (O2). In this environment a mouse could live four times longer than normal. Theories based on Priestley’s work underpin modern chemistry.
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