“In order to have a successful luau, you have to go whole hog!”
John MayowBorn 24 May 1640; died Sep 1679 . English physiologist and chemist who, about a hundred years before Joseph Priestley and Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, identified spiritus nitroaereus (oxygen) as a distinct atmospheric entity. He further recognized the role of oxygen in the combustion of metals. His medical writings include a remarkably correct anatomical description of respiration.[Date of birth 24 May 1640 given by EB and Chambers Dict. of Sci., but DSB gives Dec 1641. Date of death Sep 1679 given by Chambers and DSB but EB gives Oct 1679.] |
