"Scheele" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... one hundred years since the first important facts were discovered which threw light upon the chemistry of atmosphere. It was in 1774 that Dr. Priestley, in London, and Scheele, in Sweden, discovered the vital constituents of the atmosphere—the oxygen gas which supports life. The inert gas, nitrogen, had been discovered a year or two before. When we examine our atmosphere, we find it is composed ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 • Various |
