Sir William Ramsay

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Standard Name: Ramsay, Sir William,, 1852 - 1916

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10 December 1904: Two British scientists won Nobel Prizes:...

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10 December 1904

Two British scientists won Nobel Prizes: Sir William Ramsay in Chemistry for his discovery of inert gaseous elements in air, and John William Strutt in Physics for investigating the densities of argon and other gases.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.
Nobel Prize in Literature. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/.

November 1911: Georges Claude of France took out a patent...

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November 1911

Georges Claude of France took out a patent on neon tubular lighingt (which actually contains other inert gases as well as neon). New, unprecedentedly brilliant neon signs quickly produced a revolution in the appearance of...

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