The eighteenth century has long been considered critical for the development of modern chemistry, yet many features of the period remain largely unknown or unex

The first complete and detailed catalogue of Lavoisier’s collection of instruments preserved at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris. The story of the col

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