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1526
Gold
Chemist believed they discovered the holy grail when gold was discovered. -
1526
Paracelsus
Paracelsus proposed that the world was made of three elements; salt, sulfur and mercury. -
Robert Boyle
Boyle wrote a book helping unlock the mysteries of matter. -
Copernicus
Copernicus challenged the ancient idea that the earth was at the center of the universe. He proposed it was just another planet that orbits the sun. -
Johann Becher
Becher proposed that the destructive power of fire was caused by an ethereal entity named phlogiston. -
Brandt's Urine
Brandt believed that urine contained gold and was on the verge of making a new discovery. -
Phosporus
Brandt accidently discovered Phosphorus when heating urine and looking for gold. -
Henry Cavendish
Cavendish made a vital discovery of the first element of gas, he added zinc to an acid discovering hydrogen. Calculating it was 11 times lighter than the air we breath. -
Priestly and Lavoisier Meet
Priestly accompanied Lord Sheldon on a tour to Europe. Priestly met Antoine Lavoisier at dinner and conducted and experiment that led to the discovery of what Priestly thought was phlogisten was in fact oxygen. He concluded that phlogisten didn't exist at all. -
Priestly Discovery
Priestly became the first professional salaried chemist and preformed one of the most important experiments in chemical history. Through his experiments he discovered what he thought was air without phlogisten. -
Joseph Priestly
Priestly spent a lot of time at a local brewery discovering what he referred to as fixed air but today we know as carbon dioxide. -
Humphrey Davy
Davy was working in his lab with crystalline salts called potash. He experimented to break it down and discovered a new element; Potassium.