The Arsenal of Eighteenth-Century Chemistry: The Laboratories of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004408692)

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.

Author: Marco Beretta, Paolo Brenni
ISBN-10: 900440869X
ISBN-13: 9789004408692
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 07/27/2022
Pages: 470
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.50lbs
Size: 11.60h x 8.80w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2023