Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (also Antoine Lavoisier; 26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794) was a French nobleman and chemist.
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We must trust to nothing but facts: These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive. Antoine Lavoisier
We must trust to nothing but facts: These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive.
It required 85 parts by weight of oxygen and 15 parts of hydrogen to compose 100 parts of water. Antoine Lavoisier
It required 85 parts by weight of oxygen and 15 parts of hydrogen to compose 100 parts of water.
Life is a chemical process. Antoine Lavoisier
Life is a chemical process.
Languages are true analytical methods. Antoine Lavoisier
Languages are true analytical methods.
Sulfur, when burning, absorbs oxygen gas; the resulting acid is considerably heavier than the sulfur burned; its weight is equal to the sum of weights of the sulfur burned and the oxygen absorbed. Antoine Lavoisier
Sulfur, when burning, absorbs oxygen gas; the resulting acid is considerably heavier than the sulfur burned; its weight is equal to the sum of weights of the sulfur burned and the oxygen absorbed.
Experiments upon vegetation give reason to believe that light combines with certain parts of vegetables, and that the green of their leaves, and the various colors of flowers, is chiefly owing to this combination. Antoine Lavoisier
Experiments upon vegetation give reason to believe that light combines with certain parts of vegetables, and that the green of their leaves, and the various colors of flowers, is chiefly owing to this combination.
I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed. Antoine Lavoisier
I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed.
Nothing is born, nothing dies. Antoine Lavoisier
Nothing is born, nothing dies.
In nature nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything changes. Antoine Lavoisier
In nature nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything changes.
Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion. Antoine Lavoisier
Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.
It is almost possible to predict one or two days in advance, within a rather broad range of probability, what the weather is going to be; it is even thought that it will not be impossible to publish daily forecasts, which would be very useful to soci. Antoine Lavoisier
It is almost possible to predict one or two days in advance, within a rather broad range of probability, what the weather is going to be; it is even thought that it will not be impossible to publish daily forecasts, which would be very useful to soci.
In performing experiments, it is necessary… that they be simplified as much as possible, and that every circumstance that could complicate the results should be completely removed. Antoine Lavoisier
In performing experiments, it is necessary… that they be simplified as much as possible, and that every circumstance that could complicate the results should be completely removed.
