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Lavoisier

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La·voi·sier  (l-vwäz-, lä-vwä-zy), Antoine Laurent 1743-1794.
French chemist who is regarded as the founder of modern chemistry. He isolated the major components of air, disproved the phlogiston theory by determining the role of oxygen in combustion, and organized the classification of compounds. Lavoisier was executed during the Reign of Terror.
Lavoisier (French) [lavwazje]
n
(Biographies / Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (1743-1794) M, French, SCIENCE: chemist) Antoine Laurent (ɑ̃twan lɔrɑ̃). 1743-94, French chemist; one of the founders of modern chemistry. He disproved the phlogiston theory, named oxygen, and discovered its importance in respiration and combustion
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Noun1.Lavoisier - French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794)
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Antoine Lavoisier


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Somewhat; I know Lavoisier, and was the intimate friend of Cabanis.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Doubtless a vigorous error vigorously pursued has kept the embryos of truth a-breathing: the quest of gold being at the same time a questioning of substances, the body of chemistry is prepared for its soul, and Lavoisier is born.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
If it prove a mind of uncommon activity and power, a Locke, a Lavoisier, a Hutton, a Bentham, a Fourier, it imposes its classification on other men, and lo
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