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Period: 1500 to 1514
Copernicus
Proposed that the earth was not the center of the universe and that it was one of the many planets orbiting around the sun -
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Johan Becker
Proposed that fire was caused by an ethereal entity named "Phlogiston" which reduced things to its original form. This was a major set back since it prevented any further discoveries. -
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Paracelsus
Believed everything was mad of salt, sulfur and mercury. -
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Robert Boyle
Wanted to investigate and experiment on phosphorus and shared his methods which helped expand the mysteries in matter -
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Joseph Priestly
First salaried chemist to perform one of the most impactful experiments in the world which led to the discovery of oxygen. -
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Henry Cavendish
Collected gas derived by Zinc dissolved by acid discovering Hydrogen. -
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Hennig Brand
Believed gold could be found within humans but discovered phosphorus instead -
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Antoine Lavoisier
Repeated Priestly's experiment in reverse and found that "Phlogiston" was indeed oxygen and was the first to define an element. -
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Humphry Davy
Discovered Potassium -
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Dmitri Mendeleer
Left empty spots in periodic table and made predictions on the missing elements and had a astounding grasp of chemistry. He also discovered radium to which his findings had to be altered to which he did not want to believe.