[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hydrogen"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed Nov 23 22:02:50 UTC 2022
hydrogen (OED 1791)
1790 _Times_ 17 June 3/4 (Newspapers.com)
Dr. Beddoes, Mr. Edwards, a Commoner of Pembroke College, and Mr. Sadler, the famous English aerostatist, sent up a balloon from Pembroke College garden, filled with hydrogen gas from marshes.
Fred Shapiro
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