1787Antoine Lavoisier Publishes Chemical Nomenclature System

Antoine Lavoisier publishes Méthode de nomenclature chimique...
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💨 Antoine Lavoisier Names and Recognizes Oxygen's Role

Antoine Lavoisier, considered "The father of modern chemistry", recognizes and names oxygen, and recognizes its importance and role in combustion.
Antoine Lavoisier Names and Recognizes Oxygen's Role (1778)
ChemistryOxygenAntoine LavoisierCombustion18th CenturyModern ChemistryPhlogiston Theory
FranceFrance

⚖️ Antoine Lavoisier Proposes Conservation of Mass

Antoine Lavoisier Proposes Conservation of Mass (1782)
ChemistryLaw of Conservation of MassLavoisierStoichiometryQuantitative Analysis18th CenturyScientific RevolutionChemical Reactions
FranceFrance

🧪 Antoine Lavoisier Publishes Chemical Nomenclature System

Antoine Lavoisier publishes Méthode de nomenclature chimique, the first modern system of chemical nomenclature.
ChemistryNomenclatureLavoisierChemical Naming18th CenturyScientific RevolutionChemical LanguageStandardization
FranceFrance

📚 Antoine Lavoisier Publishes Traité Élémentaire de Chimie

Antoine Lavoisier publishes Traité Élémentaire de Chimie, the first modern chemistry textbook. It is a complete survey of (at that time) modern chemistry, including the first concise definition of the law of conservation of mass, and thus also represents the founding of the discipline of stoichiometry or quantitative chemical analysis.
Antoine Lavoisier Publishes Traité Élémentaire de Chimie (1789)
ChemistryTextbookLavoisierModern ChemistryStoichiometry18th CenturyScientific RevolutionChemical Analysis
FranceFrance

🧪 Berzelius Introduces Modern Chemical Notation

Jöns Jakob Berzelius publishes Lärbok i Kemien in which he proposes modern chemical symbols and notation, and of the concept of relative atomic weight.
Berzelius Introduces Modern Chemical Notation (1808)
ChemistryChemical NotationChemical SymbolsRelative Atomic WeightJöns Jacob Berzelius19th Century ScienceNomenclature
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