Timeline of the element discoveries

By Derek_pd0604

  • Joseph Black

    Joseph Black discovered Carbon Dioxide in 1754.

  • Henry Cavendish

    Henry Cavendish discover Hydrogen in 1766

  • Daniel Rutherford

    Discovered Nitrogen In 1772

  • Joseph Priestley Sparkling water

    Generate Carbon Dioxide and injecting it into water in 1772.

  • Joseph Priestley

    In 1774 Joseph Prestley discovered 9 different types of gases, Nitrous Air, piminished nitrous air, nitrous vapor, Marine Acid air, Alkaline air, Inflammable Air, Vitriolic Air, Fluor Acid Air, and Dephlogisticated air.

  • Antoine Lavoisier wrote a textbook.

    Lavoisier wrote a textbook to spread his new chemical theory in 1789

  • Lavoiser textbook

    Include the first modern list of elements "33 simple substances".

  • Alessandro Volta

    In 1800 Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile.

  • Davy in the search for new elements

    Davy had turned the electricity into a powerful tool in the search for new elements.

  • Davy showed that electricity is a fundamental aspect of matter

  • Davy discovered more elements

    the year after discovering Potassium and Sodium he used his battery to isolate 4 more elements, Barium, Magnesium, Calcium, and Strontium.