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- Oxygen was discovered bi Carl Wlilhem Scheele in 1771.
- The name was coined by Lavoisier and the meaning is which form acid in the Greek language.

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How was oxygen was discovered?

Oxygen was discovered for the first time by a Swedish Chemist, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, in 1772. Joseph Priestly, an English chemist, independently, discovered oxygen in 1774 and published his findings the same year, three years before Scheele published. Antonie Lavoisier, a French chemist, also discovered oxygen in 1775, was the first to recognize it as an element, and coined its name "oxygen" - which comes from a Greek word that means "acid-former".


What year was oxygen discovered?

Oxygen was discovered in 1774 by Joseph Priestley in England.


What country was oxygen discovered?

Oxygen was discovered in France by Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier in 1778.


Reason for the name of helium?

Helium was first discovered in the sun spectroscopically. It get its name from the Greek word, Helios, meaning "the sun".


Why is oxygen name oxygen?

Antoine Lavoisier, a French chemist, discovered oxygen in 1775, was the first to recognize it as an element, and coined its name "oxygen" - which comes from a Greek word that means "acid-former".


Name the scientist who discovered oxygen?

Joseph Priestley and possibly Carl Wilhelm Scheele.


What ddate was oxygen discovered?

Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in 1774.


How did oxygen get its name?

Carl Wilhelm Scheele first discovered air in 1772, also Joseph Priestley in 1774. But it has never been noted where Oxygen got its name from.


Who discovered oxygen first preisty or cavoiser?

neither, oxygen was discovered by carl Wilhelm scheele in Uppsala, in 1773


When was oxygen discovered and what date?

Oxygen was discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1774. The exact date is August 1, 1774.


Why is there uncertainty about who really discovered oxygen?

because oxygen has been around for as long as there was sea life and when the first one came out of the sea they technically discovered oxygen


Who discovered that when hydrogen and oxygen reacts each other they make water?

google it and btw i discovered it lol i make like 5mill every year mhuahahhaha search my name on google