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jan 1, 1779 - Lavoisier and Oxygen

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When using his combustion apparatus to burn phosphorus or sulfur he realized they weighed more then before it was burne d. This indicated that the gas must have mixed with some other gas inside the glass jar. in 1779 he called the gas released from mercury oxide: Oxygen

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jan 1, 1779
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~ 247 years ago

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