Antoine lavoisier experiments with oxygen
Antoine lavoisier experiments with oxygen molecules...
Antoine lavoisier experiments with oxygen
Antoine Lavoisier conducting an experiment related combustion generated by amplified sun light.
On Nov 1, 1772, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier [1] reported in a note to the Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences about the role of “air” in the combustion process.
It required five more years of experiments, before in 1777, Lavoisier was ready to propose a new theory of combustion that excluded phlogiston,[4] which according to the prevailing theories of the time was part of every matter and responsible for the combustion process.
“Here, then: a revolution [in science and chemistry] has taken place in an important part of human knowledge since your departure from Europe… I will consider this revolution to be well advanced and even completely accomplished if you range yourself with us.
…After having brought you up to date on what is happening in chemistry, it would be well to speak to you about our political revolution. We regard it as done