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Period: 500 BCE to
Concept of elements through time
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460 BCE
Democritus
Democritus was famous for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. He was a Ancient Greek pre-Socratic Philosopher who was born in Abdera, Thrace.
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384 BCE
Aristotle
He was an Ancient Greek philosopher he was considered the “ Father of Western Philosophy”. He was born in Stagira, Chalkidiki. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle -
400
The Alchemists Begin ( End in 1400)
The goal of The Alchemists was to transmute common elements such as lead into gold. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Alchemists.html -
The classical elements
Robert Fludd created the classical elements terra (earth), Aqua (water), aer (air) and ignis (fire)
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Robert Boyle
He was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor. He is mostly known for being the first modern chemist. He is also known for Boyle’s law which describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of gasses. -
Joseph Priestley
He was a English separatist theologian, natural philosopher, chemist, innovated grammarian, multi-subject educator and liberal political theorist. He he has published over 150 works. He was credited in the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state.
