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

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

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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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Guerlac, Henry,
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Guerlac, Henry,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press,, [2020]
©2019
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (276 p.)
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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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