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Hennig Brand had stumbled upon the element phosphorus attempting to create gold by heating urine. -
Joseph Black was set to find the cure for kidney stones, and accidentally discover carbon dioxide. -
Discovered by Henry Cavendish -
Discovered by Daniel Rutheford -
Lavoisier, fascinated by the discussion he had with Joseph Priestly and his experiments, had finally announced his findings on 1775 after his research and tests. However, Joseph Priestly is the person who discovered it in 1774. -
A young passionate scientist named Humphrey Davey had a job to make gases then test them to find a cure for diseases. He inhaled Carbon monoxide which is a poisonous gas now found in auto exhaust.
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Humphrey Davey was testing a gas he had discovered and during tests he found the gas very pleasurable to inhale.
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Alessandro volta announced he had created a new source of electricity, it was the first battery. -
Davey used the same method he used for potassium on caustic soda, aka lye, to reveal sodium. -
Humphrey Davey was doing an experiment with Battery to find out what potash was made of. In an experiment the pot ash he tried to make the potash conductive by moistening it, and when combined with electricity small globules appeared. those globules were potassium. -
Davey used the same method as sodium and potassium to discover this element. -
Davey used the same method as sodium and potassium to discover this element. -
Davey used the same method as sodium and potassium to discover this element. -
Davey used the same method as sodium and potassium to discover this element.