29
/
en
AIzaSyAYiBZKx7MnpbEhh9jyipgxe19OcubqV5w
April 1, 2024
Create
Public Timelines
Library
FAQ
For education
Cabinet
For educational institutions
For teachers
For students/pupils
Download
Export
Duplicate
Embed
Edit
264 views
0
0
Science
Created by
Ian
⟶ Updated 2 Aug 2018 ⟶
List of edits
Comments
Events
Democritus and Leucippus propose the idea of the atom, and indivisible particle that all matter is made of
Aristotle proposes the four element theory: earth, air, fire & water
Plato comes up with the term 'elements' to describe substances composed only of one single type of atom
Sir Francis Bacon published a description of an earlier version of the scientific method
Robert Boyle marked the beginning modern chemistry with his ideas of atoms, molecules and chemical reactions
Joseph Black isolated carbon dioxide
Antoine Lavioser wrote the first extensive list containing 33 elements which distinguished between metals and non-metals