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Originally posted by Ragerunner
In 1776, the Frenchman Antoine Lavoisier discovered that many compounds with oxygen (non-metallic oxides) developed acidic properties in solution. He defined an acid as a non-metal compound containing hydrogen. |
That should be a non-metal compound containing
oxygen not
hydrogen 
Also, ms wendi, go have a look at the thread "dot point" which is further down in the Acidic Environment forum. There's more info on this dot point there.