Show chemistry known in I 1 1 india 2000 years ago tho the schol scho lills firs of india in the days of the roman empire had evolved it science of chemistry and knew of the existence of hydrogen and oxygen according to discoveries lisco verles announced by C it kokatnur a chemist of 50 east forty first street according to mr Kokat nurs computations the discovery of those these elements in india antedated their discovery in the alie western world by about 2000 years mr air kokatnur evolved ills his theories from a sixteenth century manuscript which in turn was taken from writings coming down from before the christian era according to mr kokatnur a word which corresponds to tile tho english word chemistry has been traced to these pre christian days together with other nouns denoting various dyes perfumes tind and fibers new york times |