Antoine Lavoisier didn’t just study chemistry—he transformed it  Known as the Father of Modern Chemistry, he shattered old ...

The Law of Conservation of Mass dates from Antoine Lavoisier's 1789 discovery that mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions. In other words, the mass of any one element at the ...

viii. p. 386, my attention has been drawn to some recent information showing the important part taken by the celebrated Lavoisier in the scientific operations for establishing the basis of the ...