Lavoisier--the crucial year the background and origin of his first experiments on combustion in 1772.

The author explores the origins of the eighteenth-century chemical revolution as it centers on Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier's earliest work on combustion. He shows that the main lines of Lavoisier's theory-including his theory of a heat-fluid, caloric-were elaborated well before his discovery...

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Main Author:	Guerlac, Henry
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca N.Y., Cornell University Press [1961]
Subjects:	Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, > 1743-1794. Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, > 1743-1794 Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent. Chemistry > history Technology & Engineering > Inventions. Chemie Experiment Verbrennung Electronic books.
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