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Definition of Antoine Lavoisier
1. Noun. French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794).
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Literary usage of Antoine Lavoisier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Elements to Atoms: A History of Chemical Composition by Robert Siegfried (2002)
"5 Arthur Donovan, Antoine Lavoisier: Science, Administration and Revolution (Cambridge
and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996); ..."
2. Young Humphry Davy: The Making of an Experimental Chemist by June Z. Fullmer (2000)
"... and Revolutionary (New York: 1975); FL Holmes, Lavoisier and the Chemistry of
Life (Madison: 1985); D. McKie, Antoine Lavoisier: Scientist, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He was the son of Jean-Antoine Lavoisier, a lawyer of distinction, and Emilie
Punctis, who belonged to a rich and influential family, and who died when ..."
4. A History of Chemistry by Francis Paul Armitage (1906)
"9 Jean Antoine Lavoisier i was born in Paris in the year 1743. Lavoisier, His
precocious development was no doubt due in some J?43- measure to the ..."
5. P.-L. Roederer: Political Thought and Practice During the French Revolution by Kenneth Margerison (1983)
"However, the influential General Farmer Antoine Lavoisier had written a mémoire
proposing that all salt be sold by weight in pounds which were assumed to be ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"... philologist and scientific seer, far outstripping contemporary understanding;
Antoine Lavoisier, whose clear mind first taught man to comprehend, ..."
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