Memoirs on Calcination and Combustion
Antoine Lavoisier
Publisher: Jacques Duvoisin
Summary
Lavoisier's early experiments in the calcination of tin, and other metals, laid the foundation for a revolution in chemistry. The memoirs translated in this volume are landmarks in the development of his thought, and in the history of modern science. To read them is to think alongside one of the great minds in the entire history of science.