This 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 LAVOISIERAntoine Lavoisier Quotes
Full Name:Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
Walk of life:French chemist
Born:26 August 1743, Paris, France
Died:8 May 1794, Paris, France
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