Before Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794), chemistry was little more than an extension of alchemy, steeped in vague ideas and mysterious substances. Dispensing with alchemy One of the most widely ...

DR. McKIE has put together the already known chief data of Lavoisier's life and researches, and has duly taken advantage of the recent additions to our understanding which are due to the late Dr.

Antoine Lavoisier didn’t just study chemistry—he transformed it Known as the Father of Modern Chemistry, he shattered old myths, discovered the role of oxygen in burning, and laid the foundation for ...