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Oxygen was first discovered by Swedish pharmacist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.Scheele called the gas "fire air" because it was the only known supporter of combustion, and wrote an account of this discovery in a manuscript he titled Treatise on Air and Fire.

In addition, historically, shortly after its discovery, it was called "dephlogisticated air" by the English scientist Priestley, and "vital air" by the French scientist Lavoisier.

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