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Was the first to use the term "atom". Knew that atoms were indivisible and indestructible.
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Found oxygen and that air was a mixture of gases.
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Named the elements hydrogen, carbon and oxygen. Found that sulphur was an element. Later found that water was a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
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