The end of phlogiston and the discovery of oxygen
Pure air, dephlogisticated air or a new element? Josephy Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier get to grips with new gases in this month’s comic
Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier played key roles in deciphering the difference between ’fixed air‘ and ’pure air’, which put an end to the phlogiston theory of chemistry. But why doesn’t Carl Scheele get the credit?