Lavoisier, Antoine education

Sidney J. French, The Chemical Revolution— The Second Phase, Journal of Chemical Education 27, 1950, 83-89 Guerlac, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier Perrin, Prelude to Lavoisier s Theory of Calcination Some Observations on mercurius calcinatus per se, Ambix 16, 1969, 140-151 Holmes, Lavoisier, 41-48 Historians differ a great deal in judging the sequence of events here, but Holmes synthesizes various accounts convincingly. 

Demeulenaere-Couyere, Christiane, ed. II y a 200 ans Lavoisier Actes du Colloque organise a Voccasion du bicentenaire de la mort d Antoine Laurent Lavoisier le 8 mai 1794 (Paris Lavoisier Tec Doc, 1995). de Milt, Clara. Early Chemistry at Le Jardin du Roi. Journal of Chemical Education 18, 1941, 503-510. 

In both France and England, the responses to these wartime challenges involved research, education, and quality control. In France, the major figure was Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier his English equivalent was William Congreve (the Elder). 

Laplace, Pierre Simon (1749-1827) A French professor of mathematics noted for his contribution to mathematics. Lapiace was the son of a farm iabourer who owed his education to some rich neighbours. He soived many probiems concerning the motion of the solar system. He also worked on surface tension and, with Antoine Lavoisier (1743-94), did work on the measurement of the heat produced during chemical changes. In 1822 he persuaded the French Academy to carry out experiments to measure the velocity of sound over a distance of eleven miles by firing cannons. The result confirmed his belief that when sound waves pass, the air cools as it expands and heats up as it contracts. 

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