1789Lavoisier's Law of Conservation of Mass and Modern Chemistry's Foundation

Antoine Lavoisier: law of conservation of mass, basis for ch...
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🔬 Buffon Begins Writing Histoire naturelle

(1749-1789) Buffon wrote Histoire naturelle.
Buffon Begins Writing Histoire naturelle (1749)
Natural HistoryEnlightenmentZoologyBotanyScientific RevolutionScientific Literature
FranceFrance

🧪 Lavoisier's Discovery of Oxygen and Demise of Phlogiston Theory

Antoine Lavoisier (and Joseph Priestley): discovery of oxygen leading to end of Phlogiston theory.
Lavoisier's Discovery of Oxygen and Demise of Phlogiston Theory (1778)
ChemistryScientific RevolutionAntoine LavoisierJoseph PriestleyEnlightenment
FranceFranceUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

🧪 Jacques Charles Formulates Charles's Law

Jacques Charles Formulates Charles's Law (1787)
PhysicsChemistryScientific RevolutionTemperature
FranceFrance

🧪 Lavoisier's Law of Conservation of Mass and Modern Chemistry's Foundation

Antoine Lavoisier: law of conservation of mass, basis for chemistry, and the beginning of modern chemistry.
Lavoisier's Law of Conservation of Mass and Modern Chemistry's Foundation (1789)
ChemistryScientific RevolutionAntoine LavoisierModern ScienceEnlightenmentScientific MethodExperimentation
FranceFrance

🔬 Pasteur Proposes Germ Theory of Disease

Pasteur Proposes Germ Theory of Disease (1861)
BiologyMedicineGerm TheoryLouis PasteurInfectious DiseasesScientific RevolutionPublic HealthMicrobiology
FranceFrance