12 Quotes by Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier is a French chemist who is known as the "father of modern chemistry". He is best known for his discovery of the role of oxygen in combustion and his law of conservation of mass. Lavoisier also helped to develop the metric system and was a member of the French Academy of Sciences. His work in chemistry laid the foundation for the modern understanding of the subject and he is considered one of the most important scientists in history. Lavoisier was executed during the French Revolution in 1794. (Bio)
Antoine Lavoisier Quotes
Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed (Meaning)
A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts.
I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed.
We must trust to nothing but facts: These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our reasoning to the test of experiment, and never to search for truth but by the natural road of experiment and observation. (Meaning)
Languages are true analytical methods.
Nothing is born, nothing dies.
Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.
It is impossible to disassociate language from science...To call forth a concept, a word is needed.
It required 85 parts by weight of oxygen and 15 parts of hydrogen to compose 100 parts of water.
Perhaps... some day the precision of the data will be brought so far that the mathematician will be able to calculate at his desk the outcome of any chemical combination, in the same way, so to speak, as he calculates the motions of celestial bodies.
I am young and avid for glory.
Diminish the mass of evils that afflict the human species, increase enjoyment and well-being. And even if the new routes opened up could prolong the average life of mankind by only a few hours, or even a few days, then the scientist, too could aspire.
― Antoine Lavoisier Quotes
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