Major Gases Development

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  • Carbon Dioxide

    Carbon Dioxide

    Discovered by Scottish chemist and physician Joseph Black.
  • Nitrogen

    Nitrogen

    Discovered by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford.
  • Oxygen

    Oxygen

    Joseph Priestley and Carl Wilhelm Scheele both independently discovered oxygen.
  • Methane

    Methane

    Alessandro Volta discovered methane while studying marsh gas between 1776 and 1778.
  • Helium

    Helium

    Discovered by French astronomer Jules Janssen.