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Who discovered Oxygen?

  1. A
    Bartolomeo Cristofori
  2. B
    Joseph Priestley
  3. C
    Georges Claude
  4. D
    Christian Schonbein

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Oxygen () was discovered independently by Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1772 and Joseph Priestley in 1774. Priestley is historically credited with publishing his findings first in 1774, calling the gas "dephlogisticated air."

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Who discovered Oxygen?
A
Bartolomeo Cristofori
B
Joseph Priestley
C
Georges Claude
D
Christian Schonbein

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