ORGANIZATION@1 -LRB- Latin nitrogenium , where nitrum -LRB- from MISC@1 nitron -RRB- means `` saltpetre '' -LRB- see nitre -RRB- , and genes means `` forming '' -RRB- is formally considered to have been discovered by PERSON@1 in NUMBER@1 , who called it noxious air or fixed air .

Nitrogen is formally considered to have been discovered by PERSON@1 in NUMBER@1 , who called it noxious gas or fixed gas .
