[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Hydrogen"

[dave@wilton.net]

The French "hydrogene" is from 1787.
 
Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard, Antoine Lavoisier, Claude-Louis Bertholet, and Antoine- François de Fourcroy. Methode de Nomenclature Chimique. Paris: Cuchet, 1787, 78–79. Bibliothèque Nationale de France: Gallica.
 
"l’hydrogène (case 4), ou la base du fluide élastique, appellé gaz inflammable, être qui existe solide dans la glace, puisqu’il est un des principes de l’eau."
 
(hydrogen (box 4), or the base of the elastic fluid, called inflammable gas, which exists solid in ice, since it is one of the principles of water.)
 
[ https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/hydrogen ]( https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/hydrogen ) 
 
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hydrogen (OED 1791)

1788 _Analytical Review_ II. 577 (Google Books) Vital air has its base, called oxigene by M. Lavoisier; and, in like manner, the base of inflammable air is called hydrogene.

Fred Shapiro

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