[DOC] [TLE] Henry Cavendish - Chemistry Encyclopedia - water, gas, name, mass [PAR] English chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish, who discovered hydrogen. ... 
His most famous contribution to science was the discovery and description of the 
properties of hydrogen and its status as a ... He called this gas "inflammable air" (
known today as hydrogen). ... He presented a paper detailing his findings in 1766
. [DOC] [TLE] Henry Cavendish - Wikipedia [PAR] Henry Cavendish FRS was a British natural philosopher, scientist, and an 
important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. Cavendish is noted 
for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air". He described 
the density of inflammable air, which formed water on combustion, in a 1766 ... 
researches into the composition of atmospheric air, the properties of different... [DOC] [TLE] Hydrogenhistorical information [WebElements Periodic Table] [PAR] Hydrogen was discovered by Henry Cavendish at 1766 in London, England. ... 
Robert Boyle (1627-1691; English chemist and physicist) published a paper ("
New ... in 1766 when he collected it over mercury and described it as "
inflammable air from metals". Cavendish described accurately hydrogen's 
properties but thought... [DOC] [TLE] Chemical Element: hydrogen - Word Information [PAR] Discovered by: Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English chemist and physicist. ... 
in 1766, when he collected it over mercury and described it as inflammable air 
from metals. ... a gas that was highly inflammable and which he therefore called 
fire air. ... Cavendish accurately described hydrogen's properties but erroneously
... [DOC] [TLE] Antoine Lavoisier - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists [PAR] He named the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; discovered oxygen's ... In 
1772 Lavoisier and other chemists bought a diamond and placed it in a closed 
glass jar. ... He started calling it dephlogisticated air, believing its unusual 
properties ... as a new element in 1766; Cavendish had called the gas 
inflammable air. [DOC] [TLE] hydrogen (H) | chemical element | Britannica.com [PAR] In 1766 Henry Cavendish, English chemist and physicist, showed that hydrogen, 
then called flammable air, phlogiston, or the flammable principle, was distinct 
from other ... The Table lists the important properties of molecular hydrogen, H 2. [DOC] [TLE] Hydrogen - Chemicool [PAR] A favorite school chemistry experiment is to add a metal such as ... He did not, 
however, discover any of hydrogen's properties. ... Hydrogen was first recognized 
as a distinct element in 1766 by English scientist Henry Cavendish, when ... He 
described hydrogen as inflammable air from metals and... [DOC] [TLE] Joseph Priestley, Discoverer of Oxygen - American Chemical Society [PAR] Students categorize properties of oxygen gas as chemical or physical. ... longer 
had it not been for a free-thinking English chemist and maverick theologian 
named Joseph. Priestley, who discovered the gas we now know as oxygen in 
1774. ..... Fixed air. Joseph Black. Hydrogen. 1766. Flammable air. Henry 
Cavendish. [DOC] [TLE] Joseph Priestley, Discoverer of Oxygen National Historic Chemical ... [PAR] When Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in 1774, he answered age-old ... it not 
been for a free-thinking English chemist and maverick theologian named Joseph 
... gas he called "dephlogisticated air," to which the great French chemist Antoine 
... produced the highly flammable substance Lavoisier would name hydrogen,... [DOC] [TLE] Chemistry for Kids: Elements - Hydrogen - Ducksters [PAR] Kids learn about the element hydrogen and its chemistry including atomic weight, 
atom, uses, sources, name, and discovery. Plus properties and characteristics of 
hydrogen. ... Density: 0.08988 g/L @ 0C; Melting Point: -259.14C, -434.45F; 
Boiling Point: -252.87C, -423.17F; Discovered by: Henry Cavendish in 1766... [DOC] [TLE] Hydrogen - Element information, properties and uses | Periodic Table [PAR] Element Hydrogen (H), Group 1, Atomic Number 1, s-block, Mass 1.008. Sources 
... Royal Society of Chemistry - Periodic table ... Hydrogen Element - Visual 
Elements Periodic Table. Discovery date, 1766 ..... However, the

Question: In 1766 this English chemist discovered the properties of hydrogen & called it inflammable air
Answer: Henry Cavendish