Elemental Discoveries

By SalRodriguez99
  • 1541

    Paracelsus - 1493-1541

    Paracelsus - 1493-1541
    Paracelsus combined chemistry and medicine to produce new cures, often using mercury in small doses.

  • Hennig Brand

    Hennig Brand
    While boiling down urine, Hennig Brand isolated a white material that gave off a glow. We know it now as Phosphorus.

  • Joseph Black

    Joseph Black
    Joseph Black is best known for his discovery of "fixed air", now known as carbon dioxide.

  • Henry Cavendish

    Henry Cavendish
    Henry Cavendish discovers Hydrogen

  • Daniel Rutherford

    Daniel Rutherford
    Daniel Rutherford discovers Nitrogen

  • Joseph Priestley

    Joseph Priestley
    Joseph Priestly is known for his invention of carbonated water and the discovery of 'new air'. He had discovered Oxygen but had not named it.

  • Antoine Lavoisier

    Antoine Lavoisier
    Antoine Lavoisier replicates Priestley's experiments and formally names the new air as Oxygen. In 1789, among his many contributions is the attempt at the first periodic table to organize 33 known elements at the time.

  • Humphrey Davy

    Humphrey Davy
    Humphrey Davy uses electrical current on potash and discovers Potassium. Over the course of his life he would find many more elements such as Sodium, Calcium, Barium, and Magnesium.