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