Philosophy
Another superb web site on a scientist--Antoine Lavoisier. Prime documents and web links are worth the study.
But science is always a collective enterprise, and the parts of others, of predecessors, associates, and opponents, must be explained; here we have the whole cast, French, British, and European, and not merely the protagonist, the ultimately tragic protagonist. Putting matters in perspective does not entail any belittling of Lavoisier's stature nor any subordination of the content of his science to the social and political context. Still, the overall story of the chemical revolution is familiar, and it is mainly in the account of Lavoisier's fu rther concerns that new ground can be explored. Beyond the mere facts of his having been a partner in the Tax Farm, an administrator of the Gunpowder Service, and a model farmer, little has been known of how Lavoisier actually spent his days. As a rule, chemistry occupied only the hours before breakfast and in the evenings. For the rest, his life was that of a financier, economist, and liberal administrator, a "grand commis d'état."
LAVOISIER'S FRIENDS
- Chemistry: A Volatile History - Discovering The Elements
When the ancient Greeks inquired into the building blocks of the universe, they posited the existence of four fundamental elements out of which everything else is composed: earth, fire, air and water (and in some cases, ether). Crude as this taxonomy...
- "yttrium" [pronounced It-ree-em] And Johan Gadolin
Johan Gadolin June 5th 1760 to August 15th, 1852 Johan Gadolin was a "Finnish chemist who discovered the element yttrium (1794). This was the first of a family of 15 rare earth elements called the lanthanides. He studied in Uppsala, Sweden, and taught...
- Richard Kirwan...last English Defender Of The "phlogiston Theory"
Richard Kirwan August 1st, 1733 to June 1st, 1812 Richard Kirwan was an "Irish chemist whose Elements of Mineralogy (1784), was the first English systematic treatment of the subject. He did valuable work on chemical affinity and the combining proportions...
- Phlogiston
In 1777, Lavoisier conducted an experiment that established a fatal shortcoming of the phlogiston theory. He heated mercury and air using a bell-jar for 12 days. Red mercury calx (now HgO) formed and the volume of air decreased from 50 to 42 in3. The...
- Old Scientific Drawings
Priestley's Lab Below will be an ongoing display of some of those fine aesthetically appealing illustrations which will include specific scientific apparatus functions, assorted apparatus, and even full sized items in use at the time. When possible...
Philosophy
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier...dedicated chemist
Another superb web site on a scientist--Antoine Lavoisier. Prime documents and web links are worth the study.But science is always a collective enterprise, and the parts of others, of predecessors, associates, and opponents, must be explained; here we have the whole cast, French, British, and European, and not merely the protagonist, the ultimately tragic protagonist. Putting matters in perspective does not entail any belittling of Lavoisier's stature nor any subordination of the content of his science to the social and political context. Still, the overall story of the chemical revolution is familiar, and it is mainly in the account of Lavoisier's fu rther concerns that new ground can be explored. Beyond the mere facts of his having been a partner in the Tax Farm, an administrator of the Gunpowder Service, and a model farmer, little has been known of how Lavoisier actually spent his days. As a rule, chemistry occupied only the hours before breakfast and in the evenings. For the rest, his life was that of a financier, economist, and liberal administrator, a "grand commis d'état."
LAVOISIER'S FRIENDS
- Chemistry: A Volatile History - Discovering The Elements
When the ancient Greeks inquired into the building blocks of the universe, they posited the existence of four fundamental elements out of which everything else is composed: earth, fire, air and water (and in some cases, ether). Crude as this taxonomy...
- "yttrium" [pronounced It-ree-em] And Johan Gadolin
Johan Gadolin June 5th 1760 to August 15th, 1852 Johan Gadolin was a "Finnish chemist who discovered the element yttrium (1794). This was the first of a family of 15 rare earth elements called the lanthanides. He studied in Uppsala, Sweden, and taught...
- Richard Kirwan...last English Defender Of The "phlogiston Theory"
Richard Kirwan August 1st, 1733 to June 1st, 1812 Richard Kirwan was an "Irish chemist whose Elements of Mineralogy (1784), was the first English systematic treatment of the subject. He did valuable work on chemical affinity and the combining proportions...
- Phlogiston
In 1777, Lavoisier conducted an experiment that established a fatal shortcoming of the phlogiston theory. He heated mercury and air using a bell-jar for 12 days. Red mercury calx (now HgO) formed and the volume of air decreased from 50 to 42 in3. The...
- Old Scientific Drawings
Priestley's Lab Below will be an ongoing display of some of those fine aesthetically appealing illustrations which will include specific scientific apparatus functions, assorted apparatus, and even full sized items in use at the time. When possible...