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The Mystery of Matter: Out of Thin Air

The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (2015)

Documentary, Biographical, Historical | United States

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SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 1 - Out of Thin Air

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One of science’s great odd couples - British minister Joseph Priestley and French tax administrator Antoine Lavoisier - together discover a fantastic new gas called oxygen, overturning the reigning theory of chemistry and triggering a worldwide search for new elements.

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