Two hundred years ago Lavoisier's Traité élémentaire de chimie was published in Paris. The book stands alongside Newton's Principia as a landmark work in science.
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Lavoisier, A.-L. Traité élémentaue de chimie, présenté dans un ordre nouveau et d'après les découvertes modernes (Cuchet, Paris, 1789). Translated into English by R. Kerr as Elements of Chemistry, in a New Systematic Order, Containing All the Modern Discoveries (William Creech, Edinburgh, 1790).
Méthode de nomenclature chimique, proposée par MM. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Bertholet [sic] & de Fourcroy. On y a joint un nouveau système de caractères chimiques, adaptés à cette nomenclature, par MM. Hassenfratz & Adet (Cuchet, Paris, 1787). Translated into English by J. St. John as Method of Chymical Nomenclature, proposed by Messrs. De Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthollet and Fourcroy, to which is added a new system of chymical characters, adapted to the nomenclature by Messrs. Hassenfratz and Adet (G. Kearsley, London, 1788).
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Kauffman, G. The making of modern chemistry. Nature 338, 699–700 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/338699a0
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