Complex sentence: Beginning with this publication and others to follow, Lavoisier discovered the composition of air and water, coined the term "oxygen", gave a thorough account and theory of combustion, and did away with the older phlogiston theory with his views on caloric.
Split into simpler sentences: Beginning with this publication and others to follow, Lavoisier discovered the composition of air and water and coined the term "oxygen". He also explained the theory of combustion, and did away with the phlogiston theory with his views on caloric.