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