 | Carl Wilhelm Scheele (December 9, 1742 - May 21, 1786) on Science and Change(published by RevoltSource) |
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Swedish German Pharmaceutical Chemist, Discovered the Element Oxygen, Identified Hydrogen and several other Elements, Discoverer of Organic Acids Tartaric, Oxalic, Uric, Lactic, Citric, and others
: A Swedish German pharmaceutical chemist. Scheele discovered oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first), and identified molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hydrogen, and chlorine, among others. Scheele discovered organic acids tartaric, oxalic, uric, lactic, and citric, as well as hydrofluoric, hydrocyanic, and arsenic acids. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #7 on Education Struggle Quotes >> Science and Change
“I soon realized that it was not possible to form an opinion on the phenomena of fire as long as one did not understand air.”
Source: "Creations of Fire: Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age," by Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite, published by Basic Books, 1995. Part 1, Chapter 7: ca. 1700: The Search for System and Phlogiston, Page 134.
"Creations of Fire: Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age," by Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite, published by Basic Books, 1995.
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