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

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Henry Guerlac

Lavoisier—the Crucial Year

The Background and Origin of His First Experiments on Combustion in 1772

Henry Guerlac

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Cornell University Press
15 August 2019

Mathematics & Sciences; Chemistry; Inventions & inventors

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 of the role played by oxygen. Contrary to the opinion prevailing at that time, Lavoisier suspected, and demonstrated by experiment, that common air, or some portion of it, combines with substances when they are burned.

Professor Guerlac examines critically the theories of other historians of science concerning these first experiments, and tries to unravel the influences which French, German, and British chemists may have had on Lavoisier. He has made use of newly discovered material on this phase of Lavoisier's career, and includes an appendix in which the essential documents are printed together for the first time.

By: Henry Guerlac
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781501746635
ISBN 10: 1501746634
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 15 August 2019
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Henry Guerlac, Professor, History of Science, Cornell University.