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Scheele   /ʃil/   Listen
Scheele

noun
1.
Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786).  Synonyms: Karl Scheele, Karl Wilhelm Scheele.






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... Priestley himself would not admit it. But before considering the final steps in the overthrow of Stahl's famous theory and the establishment of modern chemistry, we must review the work of another great chemist, Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786), of Sweden, who discovered oxygen quite independently, although later than Priestley. In the matter of brilliant discoveries in a brief space of time Scheele probably eclipsed all his great contemporaries. He had a veritable genius for interpreting ...
— A History of Science, Volume 4(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams



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