- Carl Wilhelm Scheele - Wikipedia
When Scheele discovered oxygen he called it "fire air" as it supported combustion Scheele explained oxygen using phlogistical terms because he did not believe that his discovery disproved the phlogiston theory Before Scheele made his discovery of oxygen, he studied air
- Carl Wilhelm Scheele | Biography, Discoveries, Facts | Britannica
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German Swedish chemist who independently discovered oxygen, chlorine, and manganese His most important discovery was of oxygen, which was also discovered independently and simultaneously by the English clergyman and scientist Joseph Priestley
- Carl Wilhelm Scheele - New World Encyclopedia
Scheele made many discoveries in chemistry before others who are generally given the credit One of Scheele's most famous discoveries was oxygen produced as a by-product in a number of experiments in which he heated chemicals, during 1771-1772
- Scheele — Toxipedia
Carl Wilhelm Scheele (December 9, 1742 - May 21, 1786) was a brilliant German-Swedish chemist credited with discovering numerous chemical substances including oxygen (before Joseph Priestly) and chlorine (before Humphry Davy)
- SCHEELE, CARL WILHELM (1742 - 1786)
Scheele's treatise contains accounts of the numerous chemical experiments Scheele performed to demonstrate that common air, when freed from "aerial acid" (carbon dioxide) and water vapor, consists of two gases: "fire air" (oxygen) which supports combustion, and "foul air" (nitrogen), which does not
- Carl Wilhelm Scheele - Linda Hall Library
Scheele was interested in isolating the "good air," which supports life and combustion He discovered several reactions by which he could produce and isolate "good" air
- Scheele — Beautiful Chemistry
In very basic laboratory, Scheele’s outstanding experimental skills enabled him to make many contributions to chemistry, among which the most famous one was the independent discovery of oxygen around 1773
- Scheele - Yale University
We will begin our history of organic chemistry with Lavoisier in 1789, a year that was as revolutionary in chemistry as it was in politics But we must realize that all of chemistry did not spring suddenly from Lavoisier's brow He and his colleagues built on a long tradition of practical chemistry in such fields as metallurgy, dyeing, preparing alcoholic beverages, and, particularly, medicine
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