17th - 18th Century, Five Major Gasses Discovered

By Ashlynn Hernandez
  • Period: to

    1700 - 1800

  • Hydrogen

    discovered by Henry Cavendish
    The name is derived from the Greek 'hydro' and 'genes' meaning water forming.
    Allotropes
    H2

  • Nitrogen

    discovered by Rutherford
    The name is derived from the Greek 'nitron' and 'genes' meaning nitre forming.

    Allotropes
    N2

  • Oxygen

    discovered by Priestly in England ; Scheele in Sweden
    The name comes from the Greek 'oxy genes', meaning acid forming.

    Allotropes
    O2, O3

  • Helium

    discovered by Pierre Janssen & Norman Lockyer
    The name is derived from the Greek, 'helios' meaning sun, as it was in the sun's corona that helium was first detected. (H)

  • Krypton

    discovered by Ramsay & Travers
    The name is derived from the Greek 'kryptos', meaning hidden.

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