Fire, water, and air
Subtitle: the story of Antoine Lavoisier
By: by Roberta Baxter.
Series: Profiles in science
Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Greensboro, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781599350875
Subjects: Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, -- 1743-1794; Chemists -- France -- Biography; Chemistry -- France -- History -- 18th century; Chemistry -- Nomenclature; Chemical processes
Genres: Biography.; Nomenclature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early life; title: Early science; title: Water, fire, and air; title: The oxygen theory; title: Government work; title: Attack on phlogiston; title: The language of chemistry; title: The French Revolution; title: Legacy.