1605 ⟶ Michal Sedziwój Proposes 'Food of Life' (Oxygen)

Michal Sedziwój publishes the alchemical treatise A New Ligh...
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1773

🌬️ Michal Sedziwój Proposes 'Food of Life' (Oxygen)

Michal Sedziwój publishes the alchemical treatise A New Light of Alchemy which proposed the existence of the "food of life" within air, much later recognized as oxygen.⟶
Michal Sedziwój Proposes 'Food of Life' (Oxygen) (1605)
AlchemyChemistryOxygenPneumatic ChemistryEarly Modern PeriodSedziwojGasesChemical Substances
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💨 Scheele and Priestley Independently Isolate Oxygen

Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Joseph Priestley independently isolate oxygen, called by Priestley "dephlogisticated air" and Scheele "fire air".⟶
Scheele and Priestley Independently Isolate Oxygen (1773)
ChemistryOxygenCarl Wilhelm ScheeleJoseph PriestleyGases18th CenturyPhlogiston Theory
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