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Period: Jan 22, 1500 to
A timeline of discoveries
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1526
Paracelsus mixes alchemy with medicines and proposes the world is actually made up of salt, sulfur, and mercury.
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Robert Boyle writes the the skeptical chemist, writing the first scientific method
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Hennig Brand discovers element phosphorous while trying to turn urine into gold
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Robert Boyle investigates white phosphorous and discovers the main ingredient in matches
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Joseph Black discovers the third state of matter known as Gases, as well as finding Carbon Dioxide
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Henry Cavendish mistakenly discovers hydrogen
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Joseph Priestley discovers 9 new gases, also discovering carbonation of beverages.
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Daniel Rutherford discovers nitrogen
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Antoine Lavoisier discovers air increases weight with combustion by calcination, while also establishing conservation of matter
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Joseph Priestley discovers red mercury calx gas combusts better than air
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Antoine Lavoisier makes the discovery of oxygen without mentioning anything about Priestley
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Alessandro Volta creates the first battery known as the voltaic pile
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Humphry Davy discovers nitrous oxide a.k.a Laughing Gas and publishes his findings
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Humphry Davy discovers potassium by separating potash with electric