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n. - French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry.

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  • But these observations and the conclusions founded on them, did not bear much fruit until the time of Lavoisier, that is, towards the close of the 18th century.
  • Schneider is correct to say that the Economist called the Lavoisier group an Australian Government body and accurately described the nature of the Lavoisier group.
  • The theory of Lavoisier on this point has been accepted.
  • Seeds and their By-Products, Lavoisier, New York, 1095 pp.
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