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INVENTIONS
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Question
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Oxygen was independently discovered by
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Rutherford
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William Ramsay
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Joseph Priestley
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Neils Bohr
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)-Unitarian minister, teacher, author, and natural philosopher-was the Earl of Shelburne’s librarian and tutor to his sons. In this room, then a working laboratory, Priestley pursued his investigations of gases. On 1 August 1774 he discovered oxygen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) was the first person to report the discovery of oxygen and describe some of its extraordinary properties. As such he merits a special place in the history of respiratory physiology.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some historians argue that credit for discovering oxygen should go to the Swedish chemist Carl Scheele, who identified it several years before Priestley.
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