Who discovered hydrogen?
HENRY CAVENDISH IN LONDON, 1766 ALTHOUGH Hydrogen gas, H2, was first artificially produced and formally described by T. Von Hohenheim by the mixing of metals with strong acids. In 1671, Robert Boyle rediscovered and described the reaction between iron filings and dilute acids, which results in the production of hydrogen gas. In 1766, Henry Cavendish was the first to recognize hydrogen gas as a discrete substance, by identifying the gas from a metal-acid reaction as “inflammable air” and further finding that the gas produces water when burned. CAVENDISH IS USUALLY GIVEN THE CREDIT FOR THE DISCOVERY OF HYDROGEN FOR THE ABOVE REASON.
