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RAMSAY, Sir William (1852 – 1916)

RAMSAY, Sir William (1852 – 1916)

1852 – 1916

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Elliott & Fry · nobelprize.org ( archive ) · Public domain

1895 CE

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Argon, a new constituent of the atmosphere.

Discovery of argon, the first discovery of an inert gas. In 1904 Ramsay was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determina…