1597 ⟶ Libavius Publishes *Alchemia*

Andreas Libavius publishes Alchemia, a prototype chemistry t...
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🧪 Libavius Publishes *Alchemia*

Andreas Libavius publishes Alchemia, a prototype chemistry textbook.⟶
Libavius Publishes *Alchemia* (1597)
ChemistryLibaviusTextbookAlchemyScientific LiteratureEarly ChemistryRenaissance
GermanyGermany

🧪 First Chemical Equation Published in Tyrocinium Chymicum

Jean Beguin publishes the Tyrocinium Chymicum, an early chemistry textbook, and in it draws the first-ever chemical equation.⟶
First Chemical Equation Published in Tyrocinium Chymicum (1615)
ChemistryChemical EquationBeguinChemical NotationEarly Modern PeriodTextbookStoichiometry
FranceFrance

🧪 Publication of van Helmont's *Ortus medicinae* and Early Conservation of Mass

Posthumous publication of the book Ortus medicinae by Jan Baptist van Helmont, which is cited by some as a major transitional work between alchemy and chemistry, and as an important influence on Robert Boyle. The book contains the results of numerous experiments and establishes an early version of the law of conservation of mass.⟶
Publication of van Helmont's *Ortus medicinae* and Early Conservation of Mass (1648)
ChemistryAlchemyJan Baptist van HelmontConservation of MassChemical Reactions17th CenturyEarly ChemistryRobert BoyleExperimentation
BelgiumBelgium

⚛️ Robert Boyle Publishes *The Sceptical Chymist*

Robert Boyle publishes The Sceptical Chymist, a treatise on the distinction between chemistry and alchemy. It contains some of the earliest modern ideas of atoms, molecules, and chemical reaction, and marks the beginning of the history of modern chemistry.⟶
Robert Boyle Publishes *The Sceptical Chymist* (1661)
ChemistryRobert BoyleAlchemyAtomsMoleculesChemical Reaction17th CenturyScientific RevolutionModern Chemistry

📚 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