1808 ⟶ Berzelius Introduces Modern Chemical Notation
Jöns Jakob Berzelius publishes Lärbok i Kemien in which he p...
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1808
🧪 First Chemical Equation Published in Tyrocinium Chymicum
Jean Beguin publishes the Tyrocinium Chymicum, an early chemistry textbook, and in it draws the first-ever chemical equation.⟶
ChemistryChemical EquationBeguinChemical NotationEarly Modern PeriodTextbookStoichiometry
France🧪 Antoine Lavoisier Publishes Chemical Nomenclature System
Antoine Lavoisier publishes Méthode de nomenclature chimique, the first modern system of chemical nomenclature.⟶
ChemistryNomenclatureLavoisierChemical Naming18th CenturyScientific RevolutionChemical LanguageStandardization
France🧪 Berzelius Introduces Modern Chemical Notation
Jöns Jakob Berzelius publishes Lärbok i Kemien in which he proposes modern chemical symbols and notation, and of the concept of relative atomic weight.⟶
ChemistryChemical NotationChemical SymbolsRelative Atomic WeightJöns Jacob Berzelius19th Century ScienceNomenclature
Sweden💨 Gay-Lussac's Gas Laws Investigations
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac collects and discovers several chemical and physical properties of air and of other gases, including experimental proofs of Boyle's and Charles's laws, and of relationships between density and composition of gases.⟶
ChemistryPhysicsGas LawsBoyle's LawCharles's LawDensityJoseph Louis Gay-Lussac19th Century ScienceExperimental Physics
France⚛️ Dalton Publishes Atomic Theory
John Dalton publishes New System of Chemical Philosophy, which contains first modern scientific description of the atomic theory, and clear description of the law of multiple proportions.⟶
ChemistryAtomic TheoryAtomsLaw of Multiple ProportionsJohn Dalton19th Century ScienceChemical PhilosophyMatter
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