Scientist

Have you ever wondered what a pizza would be like without a soda, or how painful a root canal, if it weren't for laughing gas? Have you ever wondered who gave different types of gases names and how? Your probably saying "who cares?", and that is what everyone in the 1700's would say too…almost. There are three men from this time that are most remembered for their contributions to the knowledge of gases. Back in the 1700's, when there was no soda pop, or laughing gas, and People didn't even know what kind of air they were breathing there were three men. One was Antoine Lavosier. There was also Henry Cavendish, and a man named Joseph Priestly. We owe our sodas, painless dental procedures, really fast cars and our knowledge of what we breath every day to survive to a man named Joseph Priestly. Serendipity means to discover something without intending to, and supposedly Joseph Priestly was the "King of Serendipity".
Joseph was born into a Calvinistic family......

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Title: Gas Scientist
Approximate Word Count: 868
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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