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What these early chemists accomplished with, to our eyes, extremely crude methods is astounding. Physical methods like weighing, burning and collecting residue;
by isoprophlex 1y ago
What these early chemists accomplished with, to our eyes, extremely crude methods is astounding. Physical methods like weighing, burning and collecting residue; describing crystallization and precipitation behavior, even smelling (and sometimes tasting) was at one point a routine thing to do.
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- radicalbyte 1y agoThe story of how Oxygen was discovered was super interesting and involved all of these methods.
- bravesoul2 1y agoWow. Pre that discovery what did they think explained phonomenon like snuffing out a candle. Or blowing air on a fire.
- bruckie 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston_theory
- implements 1y agoArgon is an interesting one. A comparison between chemically synthesised nitrogen and ‘pure’ nitrogen extracted from the air (with the oxygen, carbon dioxide and water removed) revealed a discrepancy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon#History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loqudG71uBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loqudG71uBM (Chemistorian, noble gases)