1783 Fact Sheet

Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country

Record Name Year Country Region Source Inventor Name
Hot Air Balloon 1783 France Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Joseph Étienne Montgolfier

Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements

Record Name Element Year Discovered Discovered By Source
Tungsten Tungsten 1783 Juan Jose, Fausto Elhuyar Jefferson Lab

Database: Periodic Table of the Elements

Record Name Symbol Group Number Melting Point Boiling Point Density Year Discovered Atomic Weight % of Earth's Crust
Tellurium Te 16 52 449 990 6.24 1783 127.6
Tungsten W 6 74 3410 5660 19.35 1783 183.84

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