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Ancient - Mercury & Silver

Mercury - ancient The only metal that is also a liquid - sometimes known as 'quicksilver'.

Silver - ancient Used for jewellery for thousands of years.

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1649 - Arsenic

1649 In Victorian times this was an ingredient in some medicines, though now we know

it is poisonous!

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1669 - Phosphorus

1669 A dangerous element which glows in the dark and bursts into ames easily.

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1735 - Cobalt

The name comes from 'Kobald', the German for goblin.

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1766 - Hydrogen

1766 An explosive gas that used to be used in airships.

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1774 - Cholorine

1774 A poisonous green gas, used as a weapon in the First World War.

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1783 - Tungsten

1783 The metal with the highest melting point of all-over 3400 °C.

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1789 - Uranium

1789 The metal that was used in the atomic bomb which was dropped in 1995

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1808 - Boron and Calcium

Boron - 1808 One of the ingredients in Pyrex glass. Calcium - 1808 An important element for your teeth and bones.

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1826 - Bromine

1826 A nasty, smelly, red liquid! The name comes from the Greek for 'stench'.

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1828 - Aluminum

1828 A common element today, which was expensive in Victorian times.

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1895 - Helium

1895 An element that was discovered in the Sun. 'Helios' means sun in Greek.

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1898 - Radium

1898 It used to be painted on watch dials because it glows in the dark - but we now

know it can be a cause of cancer.

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1925 - Rhenium

A metal with a melting point of over 3000°C.

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1952 - Einsteinium

1952 A radioactive element, named after the famous scientist Albert Einstein.

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1970 - Hafnium

1970 An element produced inside a nuclear reactor