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Lavoisier

noun

French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry; discovered oxygen and disproved the theory of phlogiston (1743-1794). Synonyms: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Antoine Lavoisier.

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... So too were Smeaton the engineer, James Watt, Boulton, Josiah Wedgewood, and Erasmus Darwin. He knew Kippis, Lardner, Parr, and had met Porson and Dr. Johnson. His closest friend for many years was Theophilus Lindsey. One might also mention the great Lavoisier, Magellan the Jesuit philosopher, and a dozen other scientific, ecclesiastical, and political celebrities. The Memoir, however, is almost as remarkable for what it does not tell concerning these people as for what it does. Priestley was not anecdotal. And he ...

— The Bibliotaph - and Other People • Leon H. Vincent

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... Species" is ten thousand times more important than what some pettifogging lawyer said about "States' Rights." The revelations of the cellular composition of animals by Schwan and plants by Schleiden mark greater steps in human progress than any or all of the decisions of the supreme court. Lavoisier, the discoverer of the permanence of matter and the founder of modern chemistry, will be remembered when everybody has forgotten that Judge Marshall and Daniel Webster ever lived. From these and other epoch-making ...

— The Art of Lecturing - Revised Edition • Arthur M. (Arthur Morrow) Lewis

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Words linked to "Lavoisier" : Antoine Lavoisier, chemist, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier