In 1937, it became the first element to be discovered by synthesis in a laboratory — paving the way to the atomic age.
Molycorp has secured the permits and funding needed to restart production at a mine in Mountain Pass, California, that would become the first U.S. source of rare earth elements in more than a decade.
They also discounted the potential racial element of the showdown, particularly since Mr. Obama, who is about to become the first black president, was siding with them.
The final piece combines these symbolic elements with the literal: Dr. Edward Jenner inoculating the young James Philipps with what would become the first ever vaccine.
They, together with Expeditionary Force A who had been hurriedly sent to Europe at the end of September in response to a request from the Imperial General Staff for men to support the war effort— became the first Indian elements committed to war outside of India.
In 1937, technetium (specifically the technetium-97 isotope) became the first predominantly artificial element to be produced, hence its name (from the Greek, meaning "artificial").
This symbol became the royal Horus name, the first element in a king's titulary, which presented the reigning king as the manifestation of an aspect of the god Horus, the leading god of the country.
256Md thus became the first isotope of any element to be synthesized one atom at a time.
1670 - Hamburg, Germany Hennig Brand, (flourished 1670, Hamburg [Germany]) German chemist who, through his discovery of phosphorus, became the first known discoverer of an element.
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