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Who reported four “element” classifications, but included some substances that were combinations of elements rather than true elements in his listing?
Henry Moseley
Dmitri Mendeleev
Antoine Lavoisier
Johann Dobereiner
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Antoine Lavoisier.
In his 1789 Traité élémentaire de chimie Lavoisier grouped substances into four classes (gases, metals, nonmetals, and earths) and published a list of "elements" that included things later shown to be compounds (e.g., lime, magnesia) and even notions like caloric.
In his 1789 Traité élémentaire de chimie Lavoisier grouped substances into four classes (gases, metals, nonmetals, and earths) and published a list of "elements" that included things later shown to be compounds (e.g., lime, magnesia) and even notions like caloric.
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