Helium is a very common element in our universe. However, due to its characteristics, it’s very rarely found on Earth. This video shows how scientists in the 19th century overcame this obstacle, over the course of decades, and isolated and discovered the rare gas.
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After sniff testing giggled their way to the science academy
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Fantastic video
Then along came Eddington with his fusion in the Sun's core nonsense and Hannes Bethe with his propaganda about the proton-proton chain.
The founder of 'Nature', wow…
Also in the 1860s Angelo Secchi discovered the first carbon star. Another chemical discovery due to astronomy. :)
I initially thought he was involved in helium discovery, but misremembered the details.
It always amazes me how scientist back in the day made such complex discoveries without the internet, computers or modern technology and instrumentation. It's as if they simply pointed an old telescope into the sky and the ideas would come through on their own.
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Superb explanation, I could have never known that the path of discovery was so long, thank you for throwing light on the discovery of Helium, kudos to you man!!!
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I'm kinda interested how they actually got the emission to work. Because in the case of the uranium mineral there is no way you could fill a spectral tube with it. Did they just make an arc in a small chamber at atmospheric pressure?
how much helium is in an average adult human fart? SCIENCE!! errr I mean NATURE!!
Excellent documentary. A wonderful example of how science progresses.
It is a very interesting phenomenon in the history of discovery and invention that is often seems that at least two people are working on the same problem at the same time and seem to both make similar discoveries, therefore validating each other. Or, that two people are working at difference ends of a problem and somehow manage to meet in the middle to change the world. Also this is a perfect illustration of how discovery and learning is always a step-by-step process, rarely ever happening in a glorious burst of enlightenment.
Yeah but when did we start inhaling it, when did that first happen lol
I remember when helium just meant fun floating balloons that could make you talk funny
โฆ the pretty rainbow colors you show emanating from the prism in your diagram has the colors coming out in the wrong direction!
Interesting. I didn't know that helium was detected spectroscopically on Earth before it was isolated as a gas.
Helium gets, "Lost In Space"? DANGER Will Helium, DANGER! Sorry, I HAD to!
Why the different types of periodic tables? why so many, and why are we using the one that were using now in comparison to the one thatโs known today?
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I highly doubt this is possible BUT is there anyway for us to detect the amount of Helium that escapes our planet into outer space? Because if it occurs here on Earth then it's gotta occur at a ton of different locations throughout space as well.. Maybe.. I just can't help but be oddly curious about that
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I really admire your videos. They educate me and satisfy my curiosity about the development of science. I would really like you to make a video showing how the first scientists were able to determine the mass of some chemical elements. What instruments they used at a time when scientists themselves were forced to invent their own devices and methods. Would this be possible?
As a Doctoral Alumnus of UCL, Ifound the earlier history fascinating. Thank-you!
Yet another interesting video. Keep it up!
crazy we been wasting it on party balloons all this time …
Good show.