Devolution is the. a. passing of authority from the national government to the state and local levels. b. expansion of national authority that began in the 1930s. c. contraction of state authority and the expansion of local government authority.
Hello, There you go. The French chemist Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838â1912), who discovered it in 1875. Gallium (Latin Gallia meaning Gaul; also gallus, meaning rooster) was discovered spectroscopically by Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875 by its characteristic spectrum (two violet lines) in an examination of a zinc blende from the Pyrenees.
History and Uses: Osmium and iridium were discovered at the same time by the British chemist Smithson Tennant in 1803. Osmium and iridium were identified in the black residue remaining after dissolving platinum ore with aqua regia, a mixture of 25% nitric acid (HNO 3) and 75% hydrochloric acid (HCl).smium and iridium were discovered at the same time by the British chemist Smithson Tennant in 1803. Osmium and iridium were identified in the black residue remaining after dissolving platinum ore with aqua regia, a mixture of 25% nitric acid (HNO 3) and 75% hydrochloric acid (HCl).