http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier
Avis anglais :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier
historique :
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Timeline_of_hydr ... chnologies
Le lendemain de l'exécution de Lavoisier, le grand savant Louis Lagrange regretta le geste du tribunal révolutionnaire en disant ces paroles : « Il ne leur a fallu qu'un moment pour faire tomber cette tête et cent années, peut-être, ne suffiront pas pour en reproduire une semblable. »
Lavoisier's work was partly based on the research of Priestley. However, he tried to take credit for Priestley's discoveries. This tendency to use the results of others without acknowledgment, then draw conclusions of his own, is said[who?] to be characteristic of Lavoisier...
However, much to his professional detriment, Lavoisier discovered no new substances, devised no really novel apparatus, and worked out no improved methods of preparation. He was essentially a theorist, and his great merit lay in the capacity of taking over experimental work that others had carried out—without always adequately recognizing their claims—and by a rigorous logical procedure, reinforced by his own quantitative experiments, of expounding the true explanation of the results. He completed the work of Black, Priestley and Cavendish, and gave a correct explanation of their experiments.
Overall, his contributions are considered the most important in advancing chemistry to the level reached in physics and mathematics during the 18th century.[8]
Il n'a pas tout découvert expérimentalement, mais il a compris ce que personne n'avait compris avant lui, comme les alchimistes, avec une vue scientifique synthétique claire point de départ de la chimie actuelle.
http://mendeleiev.cyberscol.qc.ca/chimi ... ngues.html
Enfin étrange à lire la réaction se fait à T ordinaire :
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed009p916
