Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle was born on January 25, 1627. He was a scientific investigator in different areas, however, his major interest was chemistry. During his studies, he found that there is an inverse relationship between pressure (P) and volume (V) of...

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Henry Cavendish

Henry Cavendish

On January 15, 1784, Henry Cavendish reported that water was composed of hydrogen and oxygen. He had first discovered hydrogen gas and named it inflammable air. At the time of the experiment, Cavendish did not know the existence of oxygen....

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Loui Pasteur

Loui Pasteur

197 years ago, on 27 December, Loui Pasteur was born. He is well known for his discoveries of the microbial fermentation and pasteurization. But he also made important contributions to chemistry. Through his studies on tartaric acid, he found that...

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