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Argon was first isolated from air in 1894 by Lord Rayleigh and Sir William Ramsay at University College London by removing oxygen, carbon dioxide, water, and nitrogen from a sample of clean air. [19] They first accomplished this by replicating an experiment of Henry Cavendish 's.
Sir William Ramsay KCB FRS FRSE (/ ˈ r æ m z i /; 2 October 1852 – 23 July 1916) was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air" along with his collaborator, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics that same ...
Sir William Ramsay, his co-worker in the investigation to discover argon described Rayleigh as "the greatest man alive" while speaking to Lady Ramsay during his last illness. [30] H. M. Hyndman said of Rayleigh that "no man ever showed less consciousness of great genius". [30]
Argon element discovered– John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh with Scotsman William Ramsay Atom (nuclear model of) discovered– Ernest Rutherford Atomic theory – Considered the father of modern chemistry, John Dalton 's experiments with gases led to the development of what is called the modern atomic theory.
David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, sold just over $30 million worth of his stock holdings in the media conglomerate — the first time he’s cashed in shares of the media ...
Rayleigh and Ramsay received the 1904 Nobel Prizes in Physics and in Chemistry, respectively, for their discovery of the noble gases; [14] [15] in the words of J. E. Cederblom, then president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, "the discovery of an entirely new group of elements, of which no single representative had been known with any ...
Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s corporate parent, announced Thursday it is establishing a new corporate structure that splits off its cable networks from its growing streaming business.
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