Question

How was the element discovered?

Answer 1

hey

Answer 2

do u know the answer?

Answer 3

i know when but how?

Answer 4

the element? I'm not sure. Sorry.

Answer 5

well the element water so does that help?

Answer 6

Water is not an element. It is a molecule comprised of the elements Oxygen and Hydrogen.

Answer 7

oh so im wrong then wat is the element?

Answer 8

There are 118 elements on the periodic table. Each element has it's own history. Most were discovered independently.

Answer 9

uhh i dont know can u find out

Answer 10

What exactly is your question?

Is it "How was it discovered that there are elements?"
or is it, "How was some particular element ______ discovered?"
or something else?

If it's the first question, then this might be helpful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_element#History