Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) French chemist. Among other achievements, Lavoisier was one of the discoverers of oxygen, and established the laws of chemical combination. He improved the manufacture of gunpowder when director of government powder mills. He was guillotined during the French Revolution. From 'The Temple of Flora' by Robert John Thornton. (London, 1801).

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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) French chemist. Among other achievements, Lavoisier was one of the discoverers of oxygen, and established the laws of chemical combination. He improved the manufacture of gunpowder when director of government powder mills. He was guillotined during the French Revolution. From 'The Temple of Flora' by Robert John Thornton. (London, 1801).

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