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The author explores the origins of the eighteenth-century chemical revolution as it centers on Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier's earliest work on combustion. He shows that the main lines of Lavoisier's theory—including his theory of a heat-fluid, caloric—were elaborated well before his discovery...

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Language:English
Published: Cornell University Press 2023
Online Access:http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book//lavoisierthe-crucial-year