history

**__HISTORY__**
 * Came from the Latin word fluo (flow)
 * In 1529, Georigius Agricola described the use of fluorspar as a flux, and as early as
 * In 1670 Schwandhard found that glass was etched when exposed to fluorspar treated with acid.
 * Scheele and many later investigators, including Davy, Gay-Lussac, Lavoisier, and Thenard, experimented with hydrofluoric acid, some experiments ending tragically.
 * The element was finally isolated in 1886 by Moissan after nearly 74 years of continuous effort.