Chemistry In Focus
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ISBN: 9781305084476
Author: Tro, Nivaldo J., Neu, Don.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 9E
Match each of the people in column A with their contribution to scientific knowledge in column B.
| A | B |
| Galileo | conservation of mass |
| Democritus | all things are water |
| John Dalton | inquisition |
| Andreas Vesalius | the nuclear atom |
| Empedocles | Sun-centered universe |
| Joseph Proust | human anatomy |
| Copernicus | the atomic theory |
| Ernest Rutherford | constant composition |
| Thales | atomos |
| Antoine Lavoisier | four basic elements |
| Robert Boyle | criticized idea of four Greek elements |
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