The arsenal of eighteenth-century chemistry the laboratories of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) / by Marco Beretta, Paolo Brenni.

SeriesNuncius series : studies and sources in the material and visual history of science, 2405-5077 ; volume 10
Contents Foreword / Robert G.W. Anderson -- Preface / Marco Beretta, Paolo Brenni -- The chemical laboratories in Paris (1743-1776) -- Lavoisier's approach to chemical instrument making -- Lavoisier's sites of experimental practice : from the field to the laboratory (1764-1794) -- The cost of Lavoisier's laboratory -- The chemical revolution on stage : Lavoisier's collection of instruments (1789-2020) -- Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Lavoisier's instruments in the Musée des Arts et Métiers.
Abstract "The substantial collection of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier's apparatus is not the only surviving collection of eighteenth-century chemical apparatus and instrumentation, but it is without question the most important. The present study provides the first scientific catalogue of Lavoisier's surviving apparatus. This collection of instruments is remarkable not only for the quality of many of them but, above all, for the number of items that have survived (ca. 600 items). Given such a wealth and variety of instruments, this study also offers the first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct the cultural and social context of Lavoisier's experimental activities"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 426-444) and index.
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LCCN 2022023147
ISBN9789004408692 (cloth)
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