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1526
#1
Paracelsus cured Frobenius using his alchemical knowledge -
#2
Boyle deposited "The Sceptical Chymist" in the vaults of Royal Society in London -
#3
German scientist; Johann Becker proposed that fire was caused by Phlogiston, which is described as being an ethereal, odourless, colourless, tasteless, weightless entity -
#4
Hennig brand was looking for a way to extract gold from the human body -
#5
The element, Phosphorus came before the Royal Society in London then the Chairmanship of Charles II & one of the members decided to investigate it -
#6
1700s; Scientists still believed that water was still an element instead of a compound -
#7
Mid 1700s; There was 3 known airs which are listed below:
1) Common Air - The air we breathe
2) Inflammable Air - Hydrogen
3) Fixed Air - Carbon Dioxide -
#8
Priestley performed an important experiment; he heated mercurit calc & collected the gas that was given off of it & later discovered that the gas was able to relight the embers of the previously lit wooden splint -
#9
Priestley went with Lord Shelburne to Paris to dine with the preeminent scientists of the time -
#10
Priestley's house in England was targeted by arsonists; He escaped and fled to America -
#11
Revolutionaries arrested Lavoisier on grounds on being an enemy of the French people & executed him -
#12
The Cornish chemist, Humphry Davy, discovered the element known as Potassium -
#13
By the time of Davy's death at age 50, The idea of the elements were established & 55 elements had been discovered -
#14
Hydrogen's highly flammability was witnessed when it ignited the Hindenburg Zeppelin Airship which killed 36 people