A New Foundation for Chemistry: Antoine Lavoisier's Elementary Treatise on Chemistry, Preliminary Discourse and Part One

One of the most revolutionary scientific works ever written, and also one of the most accessible, Lavoisier’s Elementary Treatise on Chemistry established the constancy of weight in chemical reactions, revealed the composition of water, and set forth a clear concept of the nature of gases. The Treatise cemented a new, rational nomenclature that accurately expressed the nature of materials. Lavoisier presents experimental facts in expressions that are vivid, exact, and often poetical. As a r...