Elements of Chemistry
by Antoine Lavoisier · Traité élémentaire de chimie
Assigned by 3 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- 1789
- Language
- French
- Length
- Long · 510 pp300 to 700 pages
- Difficulty
- Demanding3 of 5 for a first-year reader
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The first modern chemistry textbook, published in the year of the French Revolution. Lavoisier sets out his theory that combustion and respiration are combinations with oxygen, abandoning phlogiston, and states the conservation of mass. Part I treats gases, heat, the composition of air and water, and acids; Part II gives the new systematic nomenclature and tables of compounds; Part III describes the instruments and methods, from the balance to the calorimeter, with plates drawn by his wife.
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