Chemist no. 236 of 350 · Inorganic

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

1742-1786Sweden

Discovered oxygen, chlorine, and tartaric acid

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Carl Wilhelm Scheele: Fire Air, Green Gas and a Pharmacy Full of Discoveries

How Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovered oxygen ("fire air"), chlorine, manganese, tungstic acid and many organic acids in a small Swedish pharmacy.

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Biography

Carl Wilhelm Scheele: The Pharmacist Who Discovered More Than Most Laboratories

Life of Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786): Swedish pharmacist who discovered oxygen and chlorine, worked in Köping, and died at 43.

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