编辑同志: 我国化学史的一页——“马和”发现氧气,在54年4月号化学通报上,袁翰青先生以“‘马和’发现氧气的问题”为题作了比较深入的论证,他是以“化学元素发见史”书前的一篇译文作基础,参考了一些其他资料,然后加以分析批判而写成的。最近有机会在一本书的附录上看到袁先生的初稿和克拉普罗特的论文法文稿,读后提出几个问题来讨论。目前关於“马和”发现氧气唯一的原始根据就是克拉普罗特的论文,国内外很多人发表的意见也 Editor’s Comrade: A Page of History of Chemistry in China - “Horse and Horse” Discovered Oxygen. In the April 54 issue of Chemical Bulletin, Mr. Yuan Hanqing made a more in-depth argument on the issue of “discovering oxygen with horses and” He is based on a translation in front of the book “History of Chemical Elements”, with reference to some other materials and then analyzed and critically written. Recently I had the chance to see the first draft of Mr. Yuan and the clan law of Kraoplot on the appendix of a book. After reading it, I raised a few questions for discussion. At present, the only original basis for the discovery of oxygen by Ma and Krappote is the thesis written by many people at home and abroad