I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERI consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERWe 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.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERNothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERSulfur, when burning, absorbs oxygen gas; the resulting acid is considerably heavier than the sulfur burned; its weight is equal to the sum of weights of the sulfur burned and the oxygen absorbed.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERExperiments upon vegetation give reason to believe that light combines with certain parts of vegetables, and that the green of their leaves, and the various colors of flowers, is chiefly owing to this combination.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERAs ideas are preserved and communicated by means of words, it necessarily follows that we cannot improve the language of any science, without at the same time improving the science itself; neither can we, on the other hand, improve a science without improving the language or nomenclature which belongs to it.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERI am young and avid for glory.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERVegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERThis theory [the oxygen theory] is not as I have heard it described, that of the French chemists, it is mine (elle est la mienne); it is a property which I claim from my contemporaries and from posterity.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERDiminish 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 LAVOISIERIt is impossible to disassociate language from science, To call forth a concept, a word is needed.
ANTOINE LAVOISIEROne succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral qualities of workers, farmers and craftsmen.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERLanguages are true analytical methods.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERThe whole art of making experiments in chemistry is founded on the principle: we must always suppose an exact equality or equation between the principles of the body examined and those of the products of its analysis.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERThe art of drawing conclusions from experiments and observations consists in evaluating probabilities and in estimating whether they are sufficiently great or numerous enough to constitute proofs. This kind of calculation is more complicated and more difficult than it is commonly thought to be.
ANTOINE LAVOISIERVegetables are organized bodies that grow on the dry areas of the globe and within its waters. Their function is to combine immediately the four elements and to serve as food for animals.
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