1778 ⟶ Lavoisier's Discovery of Oxygen and Demise of Phlogiston Theory

Antoine Lavoisier (and Joseph Priestley): discovery of oxyge...
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🧪 Joseph Priestley Develops Carbonated Water Production

Joseph Priestley invents a method for the production of carbonated water.⟶
Joseph Priestley Develops Carbonated Water Production (1767)
ChemistryScientific RevolutionJoseph Priestley
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🧪 Joseph Priestley Discovers Oxygen

Joseph Priestley discovers "dephlogisticated air", oxygen⟶
Joseph Priestley Discovers Oxygen (1774)
ChemistryScientific RevolutionEnlightenmentJoseph Priestley
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🧪 Joseph Priestley Synthesizes Nitrous Oxide

Joseph Priestley's first synthesis of "phlogisticated nitrous air", nitrous oxide, "laughing gas"⟶
Joseph Priestley Synthesizes Nitrous Oxide (1775)
ChemistryExperimentationJoseph PriestleyEnlightenmentMedical History
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🧪 Lavoisier's Discovery of Oxygen and Demise of Phlogiston Theory

Antoine Lavoisier (and Joseph Priestley): discovery of oxygen leading to end of Phlogiston theory.⟶
Lavoisier's Discovery of Oxygen and Demise of Phlogiston Theory (1778)
ChemistryScientific RevolutionAntoine LavoisierJoseph PriestleyEnlightenment
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🧪 Lavoisier's Law of Conservation of Mass and Modern Chemistry's Foundation

Antoine Lavoisier: law of conservation of mass, basis for chemistry, and the beginning of modern chemistry.⟶
Lavoisier's Law of Conservation of Mass and Modern Chemistry's Foundation (1789)
ChemistryScientific RevolutionAntoine LavoisierModern ScienceEnlightenmentScientific MethodExperimentation
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