antoine lavoisier interesting facts

Discovery of Oxygen - Two scientists, Carl Scheele of Sweden and Joseph Priestly of England working independently, discovered oxygen. They published their discovery in 1777. Scheele obtained oxygen by heating potassium nitrate and mercuric oxide and called it "Fire Air". Priestley called it "Dephlo..

Daniel Rutherford, a Scottish Physician, discovered nitrogen in 1772. But it was Lavoisier, who proved that nitrogen is an element and that it was not a supporter of combustion and respiration. He called it 'azote' meaning 'no life'. The name 'Nitrogen' was given to it by Jean ..

Daniel Rutherford, a Scottish Physician, discovered nitrogen in 1772. But it was Lavoisier, who proved that nitrogen is an element and that it was not a supporter of combustion and respiration. He called it 'azote' meaning 'no life'. The name 'Nitrogen' was given to it by Jean ..

Discovery - Daniel Rutherford, a Scottish Physician, discovered nitrogen in 1772. But it was Lavoisier, who proved that nitrogen is an element and that it was not a supporter of combustion and respiration. He called it 'azote' meaning 'no life'. The name 'Nitrogen' was given to it by Jean..

Parallel lines and Triangles - So far we have proved various theorems on parallelograms. Let us now apply these theorems to prove a few interesting and useful facts about a triangl..

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Evidences for Evolution - The fact that evolution has taken place can be established by taking several kinds of evidences that are available. These evidences can be either 'direct' or 'indirect'. Direct evidences interestingly are provided by organisms, which have now become ext..

: an active part, and an inactive part. This discovery was made by John Mayow in 1674. In 1789, Antoine Lavoisier found out that the active and the inactive parts were in the proportion of 1:4 by volume. The active part was later named oxygen, and the inactive part, nitrogen. ..

Origin of Organic Chemistry Carbon compounds are of two types: inorganic and organic. The compounds that have a mineral origin fall under the category of inorganic compounds. The compounds having plant or animal origin are classified as organic compounds. Lavoisier showed tha..