Periodic table

Element Discoveries

  • Hydrogen

    Hydrogen

    Discovered by chemist and physician Daniel Rutherford
  • Nitrogen

    Nitrogen

    Discovered by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford
  • Oxygen

    Oxygen

    Discovered by Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele
  • Carbon

    Carbon

    Discovered (As an element) by Antoine Lavoisier
  • Beryllium

    Beryllium

    Discovered by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
  • Boron

    Boron

    Discovered by French chemists Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis-Jaques Thénard
  • Lithium

    Lithium

    Discovered by Johan August Arfvedson
  • Helium

    Helium

    Discovered by French astronomer Jules Janssen
  • Fluorine

    Fluorine

    Discovered by French chemist Henri Moissan
  • Neon

    Neon

    Discovered by chemist William Ramsay