“On the Combustion of Kunckel's Phosphorus.”
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Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.
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science · French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794) · chemist · economist · biologist · physicist · academic · lawyer · astronomer · writer · administrator · jurist · also Antoine Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier
Born 26 August 1743 · Died 8 May 1794 · Q39607
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2026· 10 entries
“On the Combination of the Matter of Fire with Evaporable Fluids; and on the Formation of Elastic Aëriform Fluids.”
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“General Considerations on the Nature of Acids, and on the Principles of which they are composed.”
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“On the Vitriolisation of Martial Pyrites.”
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“Experiments on the Combustion of Alum with Phlogistic Substances, and on the Changes effected on Air in which the Pyrophorus was burned.”
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“On the Solution of Mercury in Vitriolic Acid.”
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“On the Existence of Air in the Nitrous Acid, and on the Means of decomposing and recomposing that Acid.”
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“la respiration est donc une combustion,”
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“nothing else than the healthiest and purest part of the air”
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Techno-Science.net: Antoine Lavoisier - Définition
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2025· 1 entry
Radio France Internationale: Antoine Lavoisier: The Frenchman who transformed chemistry forever
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1970· 1 entry
By the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
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1794· 1 entry
Died 1794-05-08.
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1770· 1 entry
Career landmark: fermier général (1770–1774).
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1766· 1 entry
Won gold medal presented by French Academy of Sciences (1766).
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1764· 1 entry
Studied at Paris Law Faculty, licence (1761–1764).
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1743· 1 entry
Born 1743-08-26.
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