What did Cavendish call the hydrogen he discovered?
Sparkly air
Weighty air
Inflammable air
Gas air
Answer
Henry Cavendish was an English natural philosopher who is credited with the discovery of hydrogen in 1766. He called it inflammable air because it was able to burn. He discovered hydrogen by heating a piece of iron in a closed container with sulfuric acid.
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