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  2. History of chemistry - Wikipedia

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    The history of such philosophical theories that relate to chemistry can probably be traced back to every single ancient civilization. The common aspect in all these theories was the attempt to identify a small number of primary classical elements that make up all the various substances in nature.

  3. James Sheridan Muspratt - Wikipedia

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    James Sheridan Muspratt FRSE FRSD (8 March 1821 – 3 February 1871) was an Irish-born research chemist and teacher. His most influential publication was his two-volume book Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical and Analytical as applied and relating to the Arts and Manufactures (1857–1860).

  4. Timeline of chemistry - Wikipedia

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    An image from John Dalton's A New System of Chemical Philosophy, the first modern explanation of atomic theory.. This timeline of chemistry lists important works, discoveries, ideas, inventions, and experiments that significantly changed humanity's understanding of the modern science known as chemistry, defined as the scientific study of the composition of matter and of its interactions.

  5. Lothar Meyer - Wikipedia

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    Meyer was born in Varel, Germany (then part of the Duchy of Oldenburg).He was the son of Friedrich August Meyer, a physician, and Anna Biermann. After attending the Altes Gymnasium in Oldenburg, he studied medicine at the University of Zurich in 1851.

  6. Chemistry: A Volatile History - Wikipedia

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    Chemistry: A Volatile History is a 2010 BBC documentary on the history of chemistry presented by Jim Al-Khalili. It was nominated for the 2010 British Academy Television Awards in the category Specialist Factual.

  7. Chemical revolution - Wikipedia

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    In the history of chemistry, the chemical revolution, also called the first chemical revolution, was the reformulation of chemistry during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which culminated in the law of conservation of mass and the oxygen theory of combustion.

  8. History of the periodic table - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 November 2024. Development of the table of chemical elements The American chemist Glenn T. Seaborg —after whom the element seaborgium is named—standing in front of a periodic table, May 19, 1950 Part of a series on the Periodic table Periodic table forms 18-column 32-column Alternative and ...

  9. Category:History of chemistry - Wikipedia

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    The Chemical History of a Candle; Chemical law; Chemical revolution; Chemical Society; Chemisches Zentralblatt; Chemistry on stamps; Chemistry: A Volatile History; Chemurgy; Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning; History of chromatography; Corpuscularianism; Cyclol