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Lavoisier-the Crucial Year : the Background and Origin of His First Experiments on Combustion in 1772.

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The author explores the origins of the eighteenth-century chemical revolution as it centers on Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier's earliest work on combustion ...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guerlac, Henry
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, > 1743-1794.
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, > 1743-1794
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent.
Chemistry > History.
Chimie > Histoire.
Technology & Engineering / Inventions.
Chemistry
Verbrennung
Experiment
Chemie
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Background of the Problem
  • The Introduction of Pneumatic Chemistry into France
  • The Origin of Lavoisier's Experiments, Some Theories Examined and Some New Evidence
  • The Mysterious Calcination of Metals
  • A Striking Anticipation of Lavoisier's Theory
  • Lavoisier, Phosphorus, and the Role of Mitouard
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Index