1 Type a value in the next cell to establish a pattern. 2  For example, if you want the series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5..., type 1 and 2 in the first two cells. 3  If you want the series 2, 4, 6, 8..., type 2 and 4. 4  Select the cells that contain the starting values. 5  Drag the fill handle across the range that you want to fill. For example, if you want the series 1, 2, 3, 4, 5..., type 1 and 2 in the first two cells. 2  If you want the series 2, 4, 6, 8..., type 2 and 4. 3  Select the cells that contain the starting values. 4  Drag the fill handle across the range that you want to fill.
Cobalt: historical information. Cobalt was discovered by Georg Brandt at 1735 in Sweden. Origin of name: from the German word kobald meaning goblin or evil spirit. Minerals containing cobalt were of value to the early civilisations of Egypt and Mesopotamia for colouring glass deep blue.
Chromium oxide was discovered in 1797 by Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin, who prepared the metal itself in the following year. Starting from crocoite the procedure was to powder the mineral and to precipitate the lead out through its reaction with hydrochloric acid (HCl in water).The residue was chromium oxide, CrO 3.Heating this oxide in an oven in the presence of charcoal as a reducing agent gave the metal itself. Vauquelin also analysed an emerald from Peru and discovered that its green colour is because of the presence of the new element, chromium.In fact, the name chromium is from the Greek word  chroma  meaning  colour , so named because of the many different coloured compounds displayed by chromium.A year or two after Vauquelin's discovery, a German chemist named Tassaert working in Paris found chromium in an ore now called chromite.hromium oxide was discovered in 1797 by Louis-Nicholas Vauquelin, who prepared the metal itself in the following year. Starting from crocoite the procedure was to powder the mineral and to precipitate the lead out through its reaction with hydrochloric acid (HCl in water). The residue was chromium oxide, CrO 3.