French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)

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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Lithograph by Sommariva.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Stipple engraving by F. Pigeot after himself.

Antoine Lavoisier: statue; Lavoisier in his laboratory: bas-relief at base of plinth: Place de la Madeleine, Paris. Photograph by Giraudon, ca. 1930, of a bronze sculpture and bas-relief by Ernest-Louis Barrias, ca. 1880.

Lavoisier in his laboratory conducting an experiment on the respiration of a man resting. Photogravure after M.A.P. Lavoisier.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Line engraving by J. Caldwall, 1801, after J. Opie after J. L. David.

A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.

A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.

Lavoisier in his laboratory conducting an experiment on the respiration of a man at work. Photogravure after M.A.P. Lavoisier.

Joseph Priestley (above) and Antoine Lavoisier (below) Line engraving by R. Caldwall, 1801, after J. Opie and J.-L. David.

Lavoisier : 1743-1794 d'après sa correspondance, ses manuscrits, ses papiers de famille et d'autres documents inédits / par Édouard Grimaux. Avec dix gravures hors texte en taille-douce et en typographie.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Line engraving by A. Gajani, 1815, after J. L. David.

Antoine Lavoisier : scientist, economist, social reformer / [Douglas McKie].

Lavoisier / by J.A. Cochrane.

Schets der leere van Lavoisier / door Martinus van Marum ; met een voorrede van A.H.C.A. Wiechmann, een inleiding van H.A.M. Snelders en annotaties van Jan W. van Spronsen.

The residence of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier in Paris at Boulevard de la Madeleine, no. 11. Wood engraving by Cordier after Provost.

A bibliography of the works of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 1743-1794. Supplement / by Denis I. Duveen.

Méthode de nomenclature chimique / proposée par MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthol[l]et, & de Fourcroy. On y a joint un nouveau système de caractères chimiques, adaptés à cette nomenclature, par MM. Hassenfratz & Adet.

Traité élémentaire de chimie, présenté dans un ordre nouveau et d'après les découvertes moderns / [Antoine Laurent Lavoisier].

Memoir on heat / read to the Royal Academy of Sciences, 28 June 1783, by Messrs. Lavoisier & De La Place ; translated with an introduction and notes by Henry Guerlac.

Œuvres de Lavoisier, correspondance. Volume VI, 1789-1791 / avant-propos de Henri Kagan ; édition dirigée par Patrice Bret.

Elements of chemistry, in a new systematic order, containing all the modern discoveries. ... / Translated ... by Robert Kerr.

Methode der chemischen Nomenklatur für das antiphlogistische System / von Hrn. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthollet und de Fourcroy. Nebst einem neuen Systeme der dieser Nomenklatur angemessenen chemischen Zeichen, von Herrn Hassenfratz und Adet. Aus dem Französischen ... von Karl Freyherrn von Meidinger.

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Antoine Lavoisier

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Memoir on heat / read to the Royal Academy of Sciences, 28 June 1783, by Messrs. Lavoisier & De La Place ; translated with an introduction and notes by Henry Guerlac.

Œuvres de Lavoisier, correspondance. Volume VI, 1789-1791 / avant-propos de Henri Kagan ; édition dirigée par Patrice Bret.

Méthode de nomenclature chimique / proposée par MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthol[l]et, & de Fourcroy. On y a joint un nouveau système de caractères chimiques, adaptés à cette nomenclature, par MM. Hassenfratz & Adet.

Elements of chemistry, in a new systematic order, containing all the modern discoveries. ... / Translated ... by Robert Kerr.

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Antoine Lavoisier

Images from the collections

Images by Antoine Lavoisier

Images featuring Antoine Lavoisier

Works from the collections

Memoir on heat / read to the Royal Academy of Sciences, 28 June 1783, by Messrs. Lavoisier & De La Place ; translated with an introduction and notes by Henry Guerlac.

Œuvres de Lavoisier, correspondance. Volume VI, 1789-1791 / avant-propos de Henri Kagan ; édition dirigée par Patrice Bret.

Méthode de nomenclature chimique / proposée par MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthol[l]et, & de Fourcroy. On y a joint un nouveau système de caractères chimiques, adaptés à cette nomenclature, par MM. Hassenfratz & Adet.

Elements of chemistry, in a new systematic order, containing all the modern discoveries. ... / Translated ... by Robert Kerr.

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