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1526
Paracelsus
Created cure from medicine and other elements -
Robert Boyle
began to develop the scientific method after finding out about Brandt's discovery of Phosphorus -
Henry Cavendish
discovered the first element Hydrogen by using Zinc and fire -
Brandts
Tried to gold in urine, but discovered Phosphorus -
Joseph Prestley
experimented with carbon dioxide; created carbonated liquid -
Joseph Prestley
discovered oxygen using mercuric oxide unknowingly -
Antoine Laviosier
claimed he discovered the oxygen element; this scrapped the idea of phlogiston -- earth, air, fire, water -
Humphrey Davy
from KOH (Potash) using electrolysis discovered potassium and sodium derived from this mixture -
Dmitri Mendeleev
created a periodic table by atomic mass -
Marie Curie
discovered polonium and radium -
Henry Moseley
declared that the atomic number was the same number of positive charges in the atomic nucleus -
Glenn Seaborg
discovered, uranium-- transuranium "radioactive" elements