Major Gases Development

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  • Carbon Dioxide

    Carbon Dioxide
    Discovered by Scottish chemist and physician Joseph Black.

  • Nitrogen

    Nitrogen
    Discovered by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford.

  • Oxygen

    Oxygen
    Joseph Priestley and Carl Wilhelm Scheele both independently discovered oxygen.

  • Methane

    Methane
    Alessandro Volta discovered methane while studying marsh gas between 1776 and 1778.

  • Helium

    Helium
    Discovered by French astronomer Jules Janssen.