Scheele independently discovered eight elements-chlorine, fluorine, manganese, barium, molybdenum, tungsten, nitrogen, and oxygen-but received credit for none of them in his lifetime. He had an unfortunate habit of tasting every substance he worked with, as a way of familiarizing himself with its properties, and eventually the practice caught up with him.
( Bill Bryson )
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