From Lavoisier to Mendeleev: the identification of chemical elements in practice between 1770 and 1870
S Hijmans - 2023 - theses.hal.science
In his Traité Elémentaire de Chimie in 1789, Antoine de Lavoisier famously defined the
element as a chemically indecomposable or'simple'substance. This definition was quickly …
element as a chemically indecomposable or'simple'substance. This definition was quickly …