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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.

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.

Lavoisier explaining to his wife the result of his experiments on air. Oil painting by Ernest Board.

La science et l'amour : Madame Lavoisier / Jean-Pierre Poirier.

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.

De la force des acides, & de la proportion des substances qui composent les sels neutres / ouvrage traduit de l'anglois de M. Kirwan, par Madame L[avoisier].

Essai sur le phlogistique, et sur la constitution des acides / traduit de l'anglois [by Mme Lavoisier and Mme Picardet] ... de M. Kirwan ; avec des notes de MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, de La Place, Monge, Berthollet, et de Fourcroy.

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Lavoisier, Marie-Anne-Pierrette, 1758-1836

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De la force des acides, & de la proportion des substances qui composent les sels neutres / ouvrage traduit de l'anglois de M. Kirwan, par Madame L[avoisier].

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

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.

Essai sur le phlogistique, et sur la constitution des acides / traduit de l'anglois [by Mme Lavoisier and Mme Picardet] ... de M. Kirwan ; avec des notes de MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, de La Place, Monge, Berthollet, et de Fourcroy.

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.