1775 ⟶ Joseph Priestley Synthesizes Nitrous Oxide
Joseph Priestley's first synthesis of "phlogisticated nitrou...
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🧪 Joseph Priestley Develops Carbonated Water Production
Joseph Priestley invents a method for the production of carbonated water.⟶
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United Kingdom🧪 Joseph Priestley Discovers Oxygen
Joseph Priestley discovers "dephlogisticated air", oxygen⟶
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United Kingdom🧪 Joseph Priestley Synthesizes Nitrous Oxide
Joseph Priestley's first synthesis of "phlogisticated nitrous air", nitrous oxide, "laughing gas"⟶
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United Kingdom🧪 Lavoisier's Discovery of Oxygen and Demise of Phlogiston Theory
Antoine Lavoisier (and Joseph Priestley): discovery of oxygen leading to end of Phlogiston theory.⟶
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FranceUnited Kingdom🧪 Humphry Davy Isolates Potassium and Sodium
Potassium and Sodium are individually isolated by Humphry Davy.⟶
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United Kingdom💡 William Crookes Invents the Crookes Radiometer
William Crookes, a chemist, invents the Crookes radiometer as the by-product of some chemical research.⟶
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