Panopticon Lavoisier
Contributors: Centre de recherche en histoire des sciences et des techniques (Cité des sciences et de l'industrie)
Language: eng
Subjects: Chemists; Biography
Description: This searchable database is a virtual museum of the collections of the French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794). Contains a detailed chronology of Lavoisier's life and works, the catalogue of Lavoisier's manuscripts, laboratory apparatus, library and minerals, the digital edition of Lavoisier's collected works, the bibliography on and of the French chemist as well as his complete iconography in one relational database. Also provides links to web sites and library archives outside the database that contain information on the chemist and his works.
Notes: "The project is supported by the Istituto & museo di Storia della Scienza of Florence and the Centre de recherche en histoire des sciences et des techniques de la Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (Paris)."

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