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. 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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Guerlac, Henry
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Plates
  • Introduction
  • 1. Background of the Problem
  • 2. The Introduction of Pneumatic Chemistry into France
  • 3. The Origin of Lavoisier's Experiments-Some Theories Examined and Some New Evidence
  • 4. The Mysterious Calcination of Metals
  • 5. A Striking Anticipation of Lavoisier's Theory
  • 6. Lavoisier, Phosphorus, and the Role of Mitouard
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Index

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