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Discovery of Argon

Great Britain · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1895Date range
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1895

John William Strutt Rayleigh, 3rd1895

Science / Physics

Discovers the element argon

Names involved

John William Strutt Rayleigh, 3rd

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