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unusual facts about Lavoisier



Augustin Dupré

Two examples of Dupré's famous medals are in honor of Lavoisier and Admiral Suffren.

Charles de Villers

He portrayed the revolution in ideas produced by Kant as being as important in its significnace as that produced by Descartes, Lavoisier and Copernicus.

Conservation of mass

Joseph Proust's law of definite proportions and John Dalton's atomic theory branched from the discoveries of Antoine Lavoisier.

John-Paul Lavoisier

From September 25, 2011, to January 25, 2012, Lavoisier appeared on Dirty Soap with many soap opera alumni including his girlfriend, Farah Fath.

Journet

After the retreat of the Germans from France in World War II, it was revealed that the French Academy of Sciences had a secret repository of scientific materials, including 100 boxes of records of the French chemist, Lavoisier, and sixty cases of rare mineral specimens.

Lavoisier Medal

Antoine Lavoisier mentored the founder of the company, E. I. du Pont, more than 200 years ago.

Le Bugue

Le Bugue owes part of its fame to the chemist and physician Jean Rey who discovered the Law of Conservation of Mass 200 years before Lavoisier.

Louis-Sébastien Lenormand

From 1775–80 he studied physics and chemistry under Lavoisier and Berthollet in Paris, where he also got involved with the administration of saltpeter.

Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze

As her interest developed, she received formal training in the field from Jean Baptiste Michel Bucquet and Philippe Gingembre, both of whom were Lavoisier’s colleagues at the time.

Vitalism

Mesmer's ideas became so influential that King Louis XVI of France appointed two commissions to investigate mesmerism; one was led by Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the other, led by Benjamin Franklin, included Bailly and Lavoisier.


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