Antoine Lavoisier and the Chemical Revolution's Methodological Reforms (1770–1794)

1. Lavoisier enters elite science and administration

   Jan 1, 1768Labels: Antoine Lavoisier, Ferme G, Acad mie

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2. Quantitative combustion studies challenge phlogiston

   Jan 1, 1772Labels: Combustion studies, Phlogiston theory

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   • Science History ist

3. Opuscules publish an early “air” framework

   Jan 1, 1774Labels: Opuscules, Gas chemistry

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   • Britannica

4. Priestley’s oxygen results reach Lavoisier

   Oct 1, 1774Labels: Joseph Priestley, Oxygen discovery

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5. “Easter memoir” frames air as active in calcination

   Apr 1, 1775Labels: Easter memoir, Calcination

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   • Britannica Chem

6. Combustion memoir formalizes an oxygen-based account

   Jan 1, 1777Labels: Combustion memoir, Oxidation concept

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   • Oxygen

7. Lavoisier coins “oxygen” in revised work

   Jan 1, 1778Labels: Oxygen term, Nomenclature

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   • Lavoisier bio

8. “Reflections on phlogiston” delivers a sustained critique

   Jan 1, 1783Labels: Reflections on, Anti-phlogiston

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   • Britannica Chem

9. Ice-calorimeter memoir links heat, respiration, combustion

   Jun 28, 1783Labels: Ice calorimeter, Laplace collaboration

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   • Smithsonian

10. New chemical nomenclature standardizes scientific language

    Aug 1, 1787Labels: Nomenclature, M thode

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11. Elementary Treatise synthesizes the new chemistry

    Jan 1, 1789Labels: Trait l, Textbook

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12. Revolutionary politics dismantle old scientific institutions

    Aug 8, 1793Labels: French Revolution, Acad mie

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    • Institut

13. Lavoisier is imprisoned with former tax farmers

    Nov 1, 1793Labels: Imprisonment, Ferme G

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14. Execution ends his reforms but not their influence

    May 8, 1794Labels: Execution, Methodological legacy

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