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24th March 1733, birth of English natural philosopher, pioneer chemist and political theorist Joseph Priestley. Combining Enlightenment rationalism with determinism, Priestly promoted a natural understanding of the world through observation and teaching, in order to promote human progress; advocating toleration and the free and open exchange of ideas. Priestly after meeting with Benjamin Franklin published ‘The ‘History and Present State of Electricity’ in 1767, and after began a series of his own experiments which would lead to the discovery of carbonated water, and "dephlogisticated air", (oxygen). This discovery would also be credited to Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Antoine Lavoisier. Priestly became a member in the 1780’s of the Lunar Society in Birmingham England, a club of prominent figures in the Midlands Enlightenment, including industrialists, natural philosophers and intellectuals, which included Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin), James Watt, inventor of the Watt steam engine in 1776 and Josiah Wedgwood founder of the Wedgwood pottery company. Alongside his scientific discoveries, Priestly also wrote a series of political and religious pamphlets, expressing support for the French Revolution. Decried as a radical by increasing public and government reaction to the French Revolution, Preistly was eventually forced to flee during the reactionary Birmingham riots in 1791, in which his home and laboratory were burnt by a mob. He spent the last ten years of his life in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. 26th March 1814, death of French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. On the 10th October 1789, during the early months of the French Revolution; continued in the comments. #gothichistory #darkhistory #historylesson #darkacademia #regencyera #regencygothic #historicscene #historicscenes #napoleonicwars #18thcenturyhistory #19thcenturyhistory #darkromanticism #historyofscience #historical #sciencehistory #frenchrevolution #benjaminfranklin #lunarsociety #guillotine #louisxvi #historyfacts #theenlightenment #scientificdiscovery #naturalphilosophy #onthisdayinhistory #19thcenturystyle #18thcenturystyle #interesting #interestingfacts #history https://www.instagram.com/p/CM4-cEwHgZB/?igshid=1s9c5uqqq5573

[brumwear]

The Library of Birmingham is a fountain of knowledge, as admired by the golden boys of the Lunar Society. We’ve connected the rings on a few other things...

https://www.zazzle.ca/collections/birmingham_library-119096332757948560

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#ルナソサエティ！ #エラズマスダーウィン #LunarSociety #TheLunarSociety #Birmingham (100banch)

[myrtlewilson]

lunarsociety replied to your post “yo anyone on here taking birth control and/or have enough knowledge to...”

i been taking it for around 5 months and i still get a little bit of acne... im changing pills tho. think it has a lot to do with what kinda pill u take??

i don’t take anything rn i just wanted to get a consensus from people currently taking it so i didn’t start taking it with unrealistic expectations. idk i just get like. two or three chin zits every month or so correlating with my p*riod and i know its hormonal so i really just wanna take them as a hormone balancer

[kattkvitter]

tagged by @deluxekyluxtrashcan yoooo thank u sm for tagging me in this i’m pumped???? the deal is: get this, write 5 things about yourself, and pass it on to your 10 favorite followers!! OK EHRE WE GO

1. I’m at uppsala university studying to become an english (+a second, not-yet-chosen subject) teacher!! 

2. I have a cat named ecco, and I used to have horses when i was a few years younger

3. i’m kinda introvert and i often find it difficult to manage social situations because i’m scared i’ll mess shit up. but i’m working to try to be a bit more chill and relaxed!

4. i really like writing and wish I was doing more of it! but i rarely feel motivated. I often feel like i don’t know what to write about, but mostly i’m scared of writing because I want to write scenes where the characters meet and interact, but I feel like I have a fundamental lack of understanding how exactly people interact.

5. I get weird, annoying migraines w/ aura symptoms, especially when i’ve messed up my sleeping schedule.

okies i’m tagging: @charmkvark @minzimpression @kaynenotkanye  @kyloripped @dysten @thursdaywaitingforlove @classyaquarius @lunarsociety @realmindfuck @deadlytears fill this if it’s your thing!! 

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Lunar Society, oil on canvas #lunarsociety #oiloncanvas #painting #lowbrowart #lowbrow #popsurrealism #vision #oniric #beautiful

[bracemanworld]

Too many crumbs

The Lunar Society Men of the “Age of Enlightenment” weren’t so enlightened when it came to women…..this 18th century tale tells the enlightened tale of one curious woman who wouldn’t take NO for an answer ……..!!!!!

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"The Lunar Men" is the third and last of my suite of three poems on the Birmingham Lunar Society

“The Lunar Men” is the third and last of my suite of three poems on the Birmingham Lunar Society

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The Second in my Suite of Birmingham Lunar Society Poems: "Gentle Ben: The American Lunar Society Man"

The Second in my Suite of Birmingham Lunar Society Poems: “Gentle Ben: The American Lunar Society Man”

GENTLE BEN THE AMERICAN LUNAR MAN Lunar Links with the USA Were forged by William Small This Man of Math And his type of Craft Was as a Physician He met with ‘Gentle Ben’ In Birmingham Franklin the American Lunar Man who looked  At Lightning with a  Metal Conductor which Created a lustrous Lightning Ball He tried to tap with His Lightning Conductor Trying to store…

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A Suite of Birmingham Lunar Society Poems: "Gunpowder Joe"

A Suite of Birmingham Lunar Society Poems: “Gunpowder Joe”

GUNPOWDER JOE” ‘Twas Joseph Priestley  This Lunar Man Who discovered rushing Oxygen all around us in the air The range of his knowledge Was immense as a Protestant Polymath An ‘Upstart Unitarian’ But he now wanted Revolution As had happened in France  With the tumbrill’s wheel  Run to the ghastly guillotine  Like a shelter strewn scalpel To exorcise the excesses Of Louis the…

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MADE IN BIRMINGHAM – THE INGENIOUS SECOND CITY

Birmingham: The City of Enlightenment: MADE IN BIRMINGHAM TIMELINE from the time of The Lunar Men and The Midlands Enlightenment to the year 2000. 18th century 1727: Birmingham is becoming a hot-bed of creative activity and local businessman and bookseller Thomas Warren opens a bookshop in the Birmingham’s High Street. Warren is an influential figure […]MADE IN BIRMINGHAM – THE INGENIOUS SECOND…

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"The Lunar Men" my third & last poem on Birmingham Lunar Society

“The Lunar Men” my third & last poem on Birmingham Lunar Society

THE LUNAR MEN Well – met by moonlight These Lunar Men, these ‘Men of Moment, great men all Gave thought to science Held nothing in their thrall The ‘Natural Philosophers’ Of the widening world Held mostly against the enslavement of Brothers Felt deep the pain of others In Africa, where one of their number by name of Galton  Sold guns as a Quaker, A real ‘Wrong ‘Un’ At Great Barr Hall…

[bracemanworld]

#JamesWatt #engineering #Genius from #Birmingham via #Greenock in Scotland who improved the #SteamEngines at the #SohoFoundry in @Smethwick which powered the #IndustrialRevolution @Watt_2019 is the #Birmingham #Bicentenary of @JamesWatt death at his home in @Handsworth near @SohoMuseum where @LunarSociety met @MatthewBoulton home @SohoHouse where these #FriendsthatMadetheFuture , these @Lunarticks met @TheLunarMen is @JennyUglow book about these #MenofMoment who created the #Birmingham #IndustrialRevolution as part of the @MidlandsEnlightenment #Birmingham #BrumIsBrill #BostinBrummagem #Brum #Birmingham #Blog #Brummagems #Brummie #Brummagem #Soho #SohoHouse #SohoManufactory #HeathfieldHouse #JamesWatt #Handsworth @StMarysCITR #Watt