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oct 21, 1781 - Henry Cavendish

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Henry Cavendish experimented by mixing metals and acid together. By doing this he made a flammable gas, hydrogen. By experimenting he found that this gas would burn in oxygen and make water. After this water was no longer believed to be an element.

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oct 21, 1781
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~ 244 years ago

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