Argon ( αργος, Greek meaning " inactive ", in reference to its chemical inactivity ) was suspected to be present in air by Henry Cavendish in 1785 but was not isolated until 1894 by Lord Rayleigh and Sir William Ramsay in Scotland in an experiment in which they removed all of the oxygen, carbon dioxide, water and nitrogen from a sample of clean air.

In 1903, with Sir William Ramsay at University College London, Soddy verified that the decay of radium produced alpha particles composed of positively charged nuclei of helium.

Sir William Ramsay, the discoverer of terrestrial helium

On March 26, 1895, Scottish chemist Sir William Ramsay isolated helium on Earth by treating the mineral cleveite ( a variety of uraninite with at least 10 % rare earth elements ) with mineral acids.

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM ( 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919 ) was an English physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered argon, an achievement for which he earned the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904.

Based on his accurate description of towns, cities and islands, as well as correctly naming various official titles, archaeologist Sir William Ramsay wrote that " Luke is a historian of the first rank ; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy ... should be placed along with the very greatest of historians.

Along with scientist William Ramsay at University College, London, Lord Rayleigh theorized that the nitrogen extracted from air was mixed with another gas, leading to an experiment that successfully isolated a new element, argon, from the Greek word (, " inactive ").

Neon ( Greek ( neon ) meaning " new one ") was discovered in 1898 by the British chemists Sir William Ramsay ( 1852 – 1916 ) and Morris W. Travers ( 1872 – 1961 ) in London.

* Chemistry – Sir William Ramsay

* July 23 – Sir William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1852 )

* William Ramsay and Morris Travers discover neon.

* Sir William Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh discover the first noble gas, Argon.

* October 2 – William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1916 )

Subsequently, Prof. Sir William Ramsay, a Nobel Laureate, was called on to propose a suitable place for such an institution who suggested Bangalore as the best location.

Vanity Fair ( British magazine ) | Vanity Fair caricature of William Ramsay

Sir William Ramsay ( 1852 – 1916 ) was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 " in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air " ( along with Lord Rayleigh who received the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year for the discovery of argon ).

Ramsay was born in Glasgow on 2 October 1852, the son of civil engineer William Ramsay and Catherine, née Robertson.

Blue Plaque at 12 Arundel Gardens commemorating the work of William Ramsay.

Ramsay was married to Margaret Johnstone Marshall ( née Buchanan, daughter of George Stenenson Buchanan ) and had a daughter, Catherine Elizabeth ( Elska ) and a son, William George, who died at 40.

The Sir William Ramsay School in Haselmere is named after him.

* Sir William Ramsay School

* 7 / 23 / 1904 ; This Photograph of Sir William Ramsay Was Taken in His Laboratory Specially for the Scientific American

bs: William Ramsay

* 1789 – William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.

* 1819 – British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands, and claims them in the name of King George III.

* 1787 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.

* 1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel ( moon ) orbiting Uranus.

* January 11 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, 2 moons of Uranus.

* August 28 – William Herschel discovers Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.

* January – In Paviland Cave on the Gower Peninsula of Wales, William Buckland discovers the " Red Lady of Paviland ", the first identification of a prehistoric ( male ) human burial.

** William Rowan Hamilton discovers the calculus of quaternions and deduces that they are non-commutative.

* 1895 William Ramsay discovers terrestrial helium by spectroscopically analyzing gas produced by decaying uranium

* 1800 — William Herschel discovers infrared radiation from the Sun

* 1781 – William Herschel discovers Uranus during a telescopic survey of the northern sky

* 1846 – William Lassell discovers Triton

* 1899 – William Henry Pickering discovers Saturn's moon Phoebe

Then, when Pike's suspicious minder / valet Muggsy ( William Demarest ) discovers the truth about her and her father, Pike dumps her.

Although the two become fast friends, they later clash when William discovers Angelus making love with Drusilla.

Archer soon discovers that the dead man was a British physicist named William Spode and that Spode was involved with the Resistance movement.

William of Tyre discovers Baldwin's first symptoms of leprosy ( MS of L ' Estoire d ' Eracles ( French translation of William of Tyre's Historia ), painted in France, 1250s.

At last, aided by the indefatigable debt-collector Pancks, Arthur discovers that William Dorrit is the lost heir to a large fortune and he is finally able to pay his way out of prison.

* December 25-Captain William Mynors of the British East India Company discovers Christmas Island.

William of Tyre discovers Baldwin IV's leprosy ; his accounts form the historical basis for much of the film.

* January-In a cave on the Gower Peninsula of Wales, William Buckland discovers the " Red Lady of Paviland ", the first identification of a prehistoric ( male ) human burial.

The events preceding the accident are told in flashbacks: While Stephen believes that he is orchestrating a tryst with Anna that will leave both his wife and William in the dark, he soon discovers that Anna is playing a game of her own.

* William Cookworthy discovers kaolin in Cornwall.