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Elements. | Discoverer. Year. | |
Antimony.............. | Valentine............. | 1450 |
Bismuth........... | Valentine............... | 1450 |
Zinc..................... | Paracelsus................ | 1520 |
Phosphorus................. | Brandt................ | 1669 |
Arsenic.............. | Schroder................... | 1694 |
Cobalt................ | Brandt................ | 1733 |
Nickel................ | Crondstadt................. | 1751 |
Hydrogen............. | Cavendish............... | 1766 |
Nitrogen......... | Rutherford........... | 1772 |
Manganese............ | Gahn..................... | 1774 |
Oxygen.............. | Priestley......... | 1774 |
Tungsten............ | d'Elihujar........... | 1781 |
Molybdenum......... | Hjelm................ | 1782 |
Tellurium............. | Reichenstein............... | 1782 |
Uranium........... | Klaproth......... | 1789 |
Titanium........... | Klaproth............ | 1795 |
Chromium........... | Vauquelin........... | 1797 |
Tellurium........... | Klaporth............. | 1798 |
Columbium.......... | Hatchett........... | 1801 |
Tantalum............ | Hatchett & Ekeburg.. | 1802 |
Palladium............ | Wollaston........... | 1803 |
Osmium............. | Tennant......... | 1803 |
Cerium. ..Berzelius, Hisinger & Klaproth.. | 1803 | |
Iridium.......... | Tennant........... | 1804 |
Rhodium.......... | Wollaston........ | 1804 |
Potassium.......... | Davy................... | 1807 |
Sodium........... | Davy................ | 1807 |
Barium. . .Davy and Berzelius & Pontin. | 1808 | |
Strontium......... | Davy.............. | 1808 |
Magnesium........... | Davy................ | 1808 |
Calcium.. . Davy and Berzelius & Pontin. | 1808 | |
Boron. .Davy and Gay -Lussac & Thenard. | 1808 | |
Chlorine...... | Davy................ | 1810 |
Fluorine........... | Ampere........ | 1810 |
Iodine. | Courtois.......... | 1811 |
Selenium. | Berzelius......... | 1817 |
Cadmium......................Hermann & Stromeyer........... | 1817 | |
Lithium | Arfvedson.......... | 1817 |
Silicon. | Berzelius......... | 1823 |
Zirconium | Berzelius........ | 1824 |
Balard............... | 1826 | |
Thorium | Berzelius.......... | 1828 |
Yttrium | Wohler........ | 1828 |
Glucinum | Wohler.......... | 1828 |
Aluminum | Wohler............... | 1828 |
Vanadium | Sefstroem............ | 1830 |
Elements. | Discoverer. Year. | |
Lanthanum.......... | Mosander............. | 1841 |
Didymium........ | Mosander......... | 1841 |
Erbium.............. | Mosander........... | 1843 |
Terbium............. | Mosander........... | 1843 |
Niobium. . (same as Columbium, q. v.). . | 1844 | |
Ruthenium............ | Claus............ | 1844 |
Rubidium.......... | Bunsen........ | 1860 |
Caesium............. | Bunsen & Kirchhoff. | 1860 |
Thallium.............. | Crookes and Lamy . | 1862 |
Indium............... | Reich & Richter. | |
Gallium.......... | Boisbaudran....... | 1875 |
Ytterbium......... | Marignac..... | 1878 |
Samarium......... | Boisbaudran....... | 1879 |
Scandium.......... | Nilson........ | 1879 |
Thulium.......... | Cleve......... | 1879 |
Neodymium.......... | Welsbach........... | 1885 |
Praseodymium..... | Welsbach......... | 1885 |
Gadolinium...... | Marignac....... | 1886 |
Germanium..... | Winkler........... | 1886 |
Argon............. | Rayleigh & Ramsay... | 1894 |
Krypton....... | Ramsay & Travers. ... | 1897 |
Neon........... | Ramsay & Travers. ... | 1898 |
Coronium........... | Nasini...... | 1898 |
Xenon......... | Ramsay........ | 1898 |
Victorium......... | Crookes.......... | 1898 |
Etherion (?)......... | Brush........ | 1898 |
Polonium........ | Curie(Mrs.)........ | 1898 |
Radium. Curies (Mrs. & Mr.) and Bemont. | 1898 | |
Actinium......... | Debierne....... | 1899 |
(Must not be confounded with Phipson's actinium.) | ||
Asterium hydrogen. | Lockyer........... | 1899 |
(New) unknown. | ||
Thorium α........... | Brauner.......... | 1900 |
Thorium β.......... | Brauner.......... | 1900 |
Krypton II........... | Ladenberg & Krugel. | 1900 |
Austrium II.(?)....... | Pribram......... | 1900 |
Carolinium.......... | Baskerville........ | 1900 |
Radio-active lead (?)Hoffmann & Strauss. | 1900 | |
"Σ" Europium....... | Demarcay...... | 1901 |
Euxenium earth (?)... | Hoffmann & Prandtl | 1901 |
I. & II. | ||
Amarillium (?)...... | Courtis.......... | 1902 |
Tellurium X..... | Pellini........... | 1903 |
Berzelium.... | Baskerville............. | 1903 |
Revised by Professor Charles Baskerville, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina.
* Gold, silver, tin, copper, iron, lead, mercury, and carbon have been known from the earliest times.
 
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