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Born in Abdera, Thrace.
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In the fifth century B.C. by Democritus. He hypothesized that all matter (plus space and time) is composed of tiny indestructible units, called atoms.
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Believed that everything in the universes is made up of atoms which were microscopic and indestructible.
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Died at the age of 90.
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Antoine Lavoisier was born in Paris. France.
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Born in Eagles Columbia, UK.
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Lavoisier married Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze. He was 28 and she was just 13.
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Lavoisier discovered that when phosphorus or sulfur are burned in air the products are acidic. The products also weigh more than the original phosphorus or sulfur, suggesting the elements combine with something in the air to produce acids.
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Lavoisier recognised and named oxygen.
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Lavoisier found that when mercury oxide is heated its weight decreases. The oxygen gas it releases has exactly the same weight as the weight lost by the mercury oxide.
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Lavoisier named hydrogen and opposed the Phlogiston theory.
