1789 ⟶ Lavoisier's Law of Conservation of Mass and Modern Chemistry's Foundation
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🔬 Buffon Begins Writing Histoire naturelle
(1749-1789) Buffon wrote Histoire naturelle.⟶

Natural HistoryEnlightenmentZoologyBotanyScientific RevolutionScientific Literature

🧪 Lavoisier's Discovery of Oxygen and Demise of Phlogiston Theory
Antoine Lavoisier (and Joseph Priestley): discovery of oxygen leading to end of Phlogiston theory.⟶

ChemistryScientific RevolutionAntoine LavoisierJoseph PriestleyEnlightenment


🧪 Jacques Charles Formulates Charles's Law
🧪 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.⟶

ChemistryScientific RevolutionAntoine LavoisierModern ScienceEnlightenmentScientific MethodExperimentation

🔬 Pasteur Proposes Germ Theory of Disease

BiologyMedicineGerm TheoryLouis PasteurInfectious DiseasesScientific RevolutionPublic HealthMicrobiology
