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Joseph Piestley
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John Dalton
"Proposed atomic theory based upon measurable masses. Stated law of partial pressure of gases." http://chemistry.about.com/cs/history/a/aa020204a.htm
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Sir Joseph John Thomson
Discovered the electron http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Te-Va/Thomson-Joseph-John.html
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Niels Bohr
Made the Bohr model of the atom. "This model shows the atom as a group of electrons orbiting a positively charged nucleus in distinct energy levels." http://chemistry.about.com/b/2011/10/06/on-this-day-in-science-history-october-7-bohr-model.htm
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Ernest Rutherford
"He demonstrated radioactivity was the spontaneous disintegration of atoms and was the first person to artificially disintegrate an element." http://chemistry.about.com/od/historyofchemistry/p/rutherford.htm
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Lavoisier A.L.
"Discovered nitrogen. Described the composition of many organic compounds. Sometimes regarded as the Father of Chemistry." http://chemistry.about.com/cs/history/a/aa020204a.htm -
Gay- Lussac, J.L.
"Discovered boron and iodine. Discovered acid-base indicators (litmus). Improved method for making sulfuric acid. Researched behavior of gases." http://chemistry.about.com/cs/history/a/aa020204a.htm -
Amedeo Avogadro
"Proposed principle that equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules." http://chemistry.about.com/cs/history/a/aa020204a.htm -
Sheele, C.W.
"Discovered chlorine, tartaric acid, metal oxidation, and sensitivity of silver compounds to light (photochemistry)." http://chemistry.about.com/cs/history/a/aa020204a.htm
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